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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gape \Gape\ (g[aum]p; in Eng, commonly g[=a]p; 277), v. i. [imp.
     & p. p. Gaped (g[aum]pt or g[=a]pt); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gaping] [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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes,
                  And asks if it be time to rise.   --Swift.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) Showing unselfconsciousness in surprise, astonishment,
            expectation, etc.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  With gaping wonderment had stared aghast.
                                                    --Byron.
        (d) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  They have gaped upon me with their mouth. --Job
                                                    xvi. 10.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To open or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or
        hiatus.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              May that ground gape and swallow me alive! --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with
        for, after, or at.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes.
                                                    --Denham.
  
     Syn: To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Gape \Gape\, n.
     1. The act of gaping; a yawn. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of
        birds, fishes, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     The gapes.
        (a) A fit of yawning.
        (b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended
            with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode
            worm ({Syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which
            obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gape \Gape\ (?; in Eng, commonly ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     Gaped (? or ?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaping] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Gape \Gape\, n.
     1. The act of gaping; a yawn. --Addison.
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of
        birds, fishes, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  gape
       n 1: an expression of open-mouthed astonishment
       2: a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
       v 1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle, gawp, gawk]
       2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: yawn, yaw]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 χάσκω, κοιτάζω κάτι και ανοίγω το στόμα διάπλατα με έκπληξη
     2 χάσκω, παρουσιάζει ένα απειλητικό άνοιγμα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 χάσκω, κοιτάζω κάτι και ανοίγω το στόμα διάπλατα με έκπληξη
     2 χάσκω, παρουσιάζει ένα απειλητικό άνοιγμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
     2 A large opening.
     3 (lb en uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the
  windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
     4 The width of an opening.
     5 (lb en zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish,
  etc.) when it is open.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially
  involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
     Northern Sotho adv.
     again
     Norwegian Nynorsk vb.
     to (l en gape) (q: of a mouth, hole, wound etc., be wide open)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
     2 A large opening.
     3 (lb en uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the
  windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
     4 The width of an opening.
     5 (lb en zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish,
  etc.) when it is open.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially
  involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
     2 A large opening.
     3 (lb en uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the
  windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
     4 The width of an opening.
     5 (lb en zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish,
  etc.) when it is open.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially
  involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     to (l en gape) (q: of a mouth, hole, wound etc., be wide open)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     n.
     1 (lb en uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
     2 A large opening.
     3 (lb en uncountable) A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the
  windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
     4 The width of an opening.
     5 (lb en zoology) The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish,
  etc.) when it is open.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially
  involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
     Norwegian Bokmål vb.
     to (l en gape) (q: of a mouth, hole, wound etc., be wide open)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     Englanti n.
     kita
     Englanti vb.
     töllistellä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  gape
     Engelska vb.
     gapa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Gape /ɡˈeɪp/
  التثاؤب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gape //ˈɡeɪp// 
  прозявка
  a yawn

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  gape //ˈɡeɪp// 
  1. зея, прозявам се
  to open the mouth wide
  2. зея
  to open wide
  3. зяпам
  to stare in wonderment

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  civět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  rozevírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  zírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  zet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  zívat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  čumět

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  rhythu 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  safnrhythu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  angaffen, gaffen, bestaunen, mit offenem Mund anstarren 
     Synonyms: gawp, gawk
  
   see: gaping, gawping, gawking, gaped, gawped, gawked, gapes, gawps, gawks, gaped, gawped, gawked
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  gähnen 
   see: gaping, gaped, gapes, gaped
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  gaffen, glotzen , Glotzaugen machen
     Synonyms: gawk, gawp
  
   see: gawking, gawping, gaping, gawked, gawped, gaped, gawks, gawps, gapes, gawked, gawped, gaped
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  klaffen 
           Note: Öffnung etc.
     Synonym: yawn
  
   see: gaping, yawning, gaped, yawned
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  aufklaffen , auseinanderklaffen , weit offen sein
     Synonym: yawn
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gape //ˈɡeɪp// 
  haukotus
  a yawn

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  gape //ˈɡeɪp// 
  1. avata ammolleen
  to open the mouth wide
  2. ammottaa
  to open wide
  3. toljottaa
  to stare in wonderment

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  gape /geip/
  badauder, bayer aux corneilles, béer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/ 
  1. एकटक~घूरना
        "The stranger gaped at the  girl."
  2. ?
        "I saw the hippopotamus gaping."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/
  zijev, zijevati, zjapiti, zjapljenje, zuriti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/
  1. ásítás
  2. szájtátás
  3. tátongás
  4. bámulás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  gape /geɪp/ 
   1.  gapić się z otwartymi ustami, gapić się (at - na)
   2.  rozwierać się, zionąć

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  gape /geip/
  1. escancarar-se
  2. embasbacar-se, ficarboquiaberto

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  gape //ˈɡeɪp// 
  gapa 2.
  to open the mouth wide
   3.
  to open wide
   4.
  to stare in wonderment

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  gape /ɡˈeɪp/
  1. esnemek
  2. ağzını açık tutmak, hayretten ağzı açık kalmak
  3. yarılmak, açıl (mak.)
  4. esneme, hayretten ağzı açık kalma: (zool.) kuş veya balık ağzının açılış miktarı
  5. ya rık, açıklık the gapes esneme nobeti
  6. bir ku, hastalığı

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  gape
  gape

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡeɪp/

From IPA:nb :   [ IPA:nb ]

  

/ˈgɑːpə/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  160 Moby Thesaurus words for "gape":
     abysm, abyss, aperture, arroyo, attend, be amazed, be astonished,
     be curious, bedroom eyes, bore, box canyon, breach, break,
     broaching, burn with curiosity, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check,
     chimney, chink, clearing, cleft, cleuch, clough, col,
     come-hither look, coulee, couloir, crack, crane, crane the neck,
     cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, defile, dehisce, dehiscence,
     dell, dig around for, dig up, dike, disclosure, ditch, donga, draw,
     evil eye, excavation, eye, fault, fenestra, fissure, fistula, flaw,
     flume, fontanel, foramen, fracture, furrow, gap, gaping, gash, gat,
     gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glad eye, glare, gloat,
     glower, glowering look, goggle, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully,
     hang open, hiatus, hole, hollow, incision, inlet, inquire,
     interrogate, interval, joint, kloof, lacuna, laying open, leak,
     look, look at, look on, malocchio, marvel, moat, nose around for,
     nose out, notch, nullah, ogle, opening, opening up, orifice,
     oscitancy, oscitate, oscitation, outlet, pandiculation, part, pass,
     passage, passageway, peer, penetrating look, pore, query, question,
     quiz, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rubber, rubberneck, rupture,
     scissure, seam, seek, slit, slot, space, split, stand aghast,
     stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard,
     stare openmouthed, stoma, take in, the gapes, throwing open,
     trench, uncorking, unstopping, valley, void, wadi, want to know,
     watch, yaw, yawn, yawning
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 裂口,张嘴;
  v. 裂开,张嘴;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 裂口,张嘴,打哈欠
     vi. 裂开,张嘴,打哈欠

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