GAPE

v. n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To open the mouth wide; as:

2.
v.

Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. Dryden.

3.
v.

Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. Swift.

4.
v.

Showing self-forgetfulness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. Byron.

5.
v.

Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job xvi. 10.

6.
v.

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

7.
v.

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

8.
n.

The act of gaping; a yawn. Addison.

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