Definition of gap

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Gap (n.) 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..

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Muset :: Muset (n.) A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
Gapingstock :: Gapingstock (n.) One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.
Open-mouthed :: Open-mouthed (a.) Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous..
Ringent :: Ringent (a.) Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.
Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..
Gape :: Gape (v. i.) To open the mouth wid.
Gapeworm :: Gapeworm (n.) The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Chink :: Chink (n.) A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall..
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness, dullness, or fatigue; to gape; to oscitate..
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..
Ricture :: Ricture (n.) A gaping.
Humpback :: Humpback (n.) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The most common ones in the North Atlantic are Megaptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis..
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men..
Shard :: Shard (n.) A gap in a fence.
Fatiscence :: Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures..
Opening :: Opening (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole..
Megaphyton :: Megaphyton (n.) An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds..
Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..
Tarpum :: Tarpum (n.) A very large marine fish (Megapolis Atlanticus) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also tarpon, sabalo, savanilla, silverfish, and jewfish..
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