Definitions for gape
geɪp, gæpgape

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gapenoun

   an expression of openmouthed astonishment

2. gapeverb

   a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)

3. goggle, gape, gawp, gawkverb

   look with amazement; look stupidly

4. gape, yawn, yawverb

   be wide open

   "the deep gaping canyon"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gapenoun

   A large opening.

2. gapenoun

   A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.

3. gapenoun

   The width of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.

4. gapeverb

   To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, hunger, or surprise.

5. gapeverb

   To stare in wonder.

6. gapeverb

   To open wide; to display a gap.

7. Etymology: From gapen, from gapa (cf. Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from gapōnan (cf. Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from ghēp-.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GAPEverb

   Etymology: geapan, Saxon.

   1. To open the mouth wide; to yawn.

   Some men there are love not a gaping pig;
   Some, that are mad, if they behold a cat. William Shakespeare.

   Gaping or yawning, and stretching, do pass from man to man; for that that causeth gaping and stretching is when the spirits are a little heavy by any vapour. Arbuthnot.

   She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes,
   And asks if it be time to rise. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To open the mouth for food, as a young bird.

   As callow birds,
   Whose mother’s kill’d in seeking of the prey,
   Cry in their nest, and think her long away;
   And at each leaf that stirs, each blast of wind,
   Gape for the food which they must never find. Dryden.

   As in a drought the thirsty creatures cry,
   And gape upon the gather’d clouds for rain,
   Then first the martlet meets it in the sky,
   And with wet wings joys all the feather’d train. Dryden.

   3. To desire earnestly; to crave. With for.

   To her grim death appears in all her shapes;
   The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. John Denham.

   To thy fortune be not thou a slave;
   For what hast thou to fear beyond the grave?
   And thou, who gap’st for my estate, draw near;
   For I would whisper somewhat in thy ear. John Dryden, Pers.

   4. With after.

   What shall we say of those who spend their days in gaping after court-favour and preferments? Roger L'Estrange.

   5. With at.

   Many have gaped at the church revenues; but, before they could swallow them, have had their mouths stopped in the church-yard. Robert South, Sermons.

   6. To open in fissures or holes.

   If it assume my noble father’s person,
   I’ll speak to it, though hell itself should gape
   And bid me hold my peace. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   May that ground gape, and swallow me alive,
   Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   The great horse-mussel, with the fine shell, doth gape and shut as the oysters do. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   The reception of one is as different from the admission of the other, as when the earth falls open under the incisions of the plough, and when it gapes and greedily opens itself to drink in the dew of heaven, or the refreshments of a shower. South.

   The mouth of a little artery and nerve gapes into the cavity of these vesicles. George Cheyne, Phil. Princ.

   7. To open with a breach.

   The planks, their pitchy coverings wash’d away,
   Now yield, and now a yawning breach display:
   The roaring waters, with a hostile tide,
   Rush through the ruins of her gaping side. Dryden.

   That all these actions can be performed by aliment, as well as medicines, is plain; by observing the effects of different substances upon the fluids and solids, when the vessels are open and gape by a wound. Arbuthnot.

   8. To open; to have an hiatus.

   There is not, to the best of my remembrance, one vowel gaping on another for want of a cæsura in this whole poem. John Dryden, Æn. Dedication.

   9. To make a noise with open throat.

   And, if my muse can through past ages see,
   That noisy, nauseous, gaping fool is he. Wentworth Dillon.

   10. To stare with hope or expectation.

   Others will gape t’ anticipate
   The cabinet designs of fate;
   Apply to wizards, to foresee
   What shall, and what shall never be. Hudibras, p. ii.

   11. To stare with wonder.

   Parts of different species jumbled together, according to the mad imagination of the dawber; and the end of all this to cause laughter: a very monster in a Bartholomew fair, for the mob to gape at. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   Where elevated o’er the gaping croud,
   Clasp’d in the board the perjur’d head is bow’d,
   Betimes retreat. John Gay, Trivia.

   12. To stare irreverently.

   They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job xvi. 10.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gape

   Gape generally refers to open widely or stare in wonder or surprise, often with the mouth wide open. In zoology, it is specifically used to describe the width of the open mouth of a bird, reptile, or fish. It can be used as a noun or a verb.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Gapeverb

   to open the mouth wide

2. Gapeverb

   expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape

3. Gapeverb

   indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn

4. Gapeverb

   to pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus

5. Gapeverb

   to long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at

6. Gapenoun

   the act of gaping; a yawn

7. Gapenoun

   the width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gape

   gāp, v.i. to open the mouth wide: to yawn: to stare with open mouth: to be open, like a gap.—n. act of gaping: width of the mouth when opened.—ns. Gap′er; Gapes, a disease of birds, owing to the presence of trematode worms in the windpipe, shown by their uneasy gaping.—adj. Gap′ing, with mouth open in admiration.—adv. Gap′ingly. [Ice. gapa, to open the mouth; Ger. gaffen, to stare.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gape

   The principal crevice or crack in shaken timber.--The seams gape, or let in water.

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1. gapenoun

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1. GAPE

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gape in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of gape in a Sentence

1. Karl Kraus:

   It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

2. Stephanie Drumheller:

   Allosaurus might not have been as big as T. rex, but it was no slouch as an apex predator, it was able to hyper-extend its jaw for a super-wide gape. It was a hatchet feeder like a hawk, meaning it would chop into prey with its head. It had long arms with grasping claws and a strong bite force. Track sites suggest it might have been a long-distance hunter that would follow herds for miles to pick off prey.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gape
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gape
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gape
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gape
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gape
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=gape