GAPE

gape

(noun) a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)

gape

(noun) an expression of openmouthed astonishment

goggle, gape, gawp, gawk

(verb) look with amazement; look stupidly

gape, yawn, yaw

(verb) be wide open; “the deep gaping canyon”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

gape (third-person singular simple present gapes, present participle gaping, simple past and past participle gaped)

(intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

(intransitive) To stare in wonder.

(intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.

(intransitive) Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

Noun

gape (countable and uncountable, plural gapes)

(uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.

A large opening.

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

The width of an opening.

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

Anagrams

• PAGE, Page, page, peag

Source: Wiktionary

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Gape (; in Eng, commonly ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaped ( or ); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaping] Etym: [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. Gaby, Gap.]

1. To open the mouth wide; as: (a) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. Dryden. (b) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. Swift. (c) Showing self-forgetfulness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. Byron. (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job xvi. 10.

2. To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. May that ground gape and swallow me alive! Shak.

3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. Denham.

Syn.

– To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze.

Gape, n.

1. The act of gaping; a yawn. Addison.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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