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gape
gape / gāp/ • v. [intr.] stare with one's mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder: they gaped at her as if she were an alien. ∎ be or become wide open: a large duffel bag gaped open by her feet | [as adj.] (gaping) there was a gaping hole in the wall. • n. a wide opening or breach: a gape of the jaws. ∎ an open-mouthed stare: she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passersby. ∎ a widely open mouth or beak: juvenile birds with yellow gapes. ∎ (the gapes) a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm. DERIVATIVES: gap·ing·ly adv. |
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"gape." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gape." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gape.html "gape." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-gape.html |
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gape XIII. — ON gapa = (M)Du. gapen. (M)HG. gaffen; in OE. repr. only by ofergapian neglect; further relations uncert.
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T. F. HOAD. "gape." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "gape." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gape.html T. F. HOAD. "gape." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-gape.html |
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gape In animals, the mouth opening between upper and lower mandibles.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "gape." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "gape." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-gape.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "gape." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-gape.html |
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gape
•agape, ape, cape, chape, crape, crêpe, drape, escape, gape, grape, jape, misshape, nape, rape, scrape, shape, tape
•landscape • seascape • cityscape
•skyscape • townscape • snowscape
•roofscape • moonscape • broomrape
•shipshape • videotape • sellotape
•ticker tape
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"gape." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "gape." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gape.html "gape." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-gape.html |
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