GAPPING

GAP

gap, breach

(verb) make an opening or gap in

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

gapping

present participle of gap

Noun

gapping (countable and uncountable, plural gappings)

(linguistics) A type of ellipsis that occurs in the non-initial conjuncts of coordinate structures, and usually elides minimally a finite verb and further any non-finite verbs that are present. Example: "Some ate bread, and others rice."

(anatomy) The formation of a gap.

Source: Wiktionary


GAP

Gap, n. Etym: [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]

Definition: An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass. Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. Knolles. It would make a great gap in your own honor. Shak. Gap lathe (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.

– To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.

– To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

Gap, v. t.

1. To notch, as a sword or knife.

2. To make an opening in; to breach. Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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