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Gap

Gap Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gap? [n] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks" [n] a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [n] a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs" [n] a pass between mountain peaks [n] an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" [v] make an opening or gap in Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gap: breach \| break \| col \| crack \| disruption \| interruption \| opening \| spread Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gap: abysm \| abyss \| aperture \| arrearage \| arroyo \| bottom \| bottom glade \| bottoms \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| breakage \| broaching \| burst \| caesura \| canyon \| cavity \| cessation \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| chip \| clearing \| cleavage \| cleave \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| clove \| col \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| crevasse \| crevice \| cut \| cut apart \| cwm \| dale \| defalcation \| defect \| deficiency \| deficit \| defile \| dehisce \| delay \| dell \| difference \| dike \| dingle \| disagreement \| disclosure \| discontinuity \| discrepancy \| disparity \| disruption \| distance \| distinction \| ditch \| divergence \| division \| donga \| draw \| excavation \| fault \| fenestra \| fissure \| fistula \| flaw \| flume \| fontanel \| foramen \| fracture \| furrow \| gape \| gash \| gat \| gill \| glen \| gorge \| groove \| grove \| gulch \| gulf \| gully \| halt \| hang open \| hiatus \| hole \| hollow \| incise \| incision \| inconsistency \| inlet \| interim \| intermission \| interruption \| interspace \| interval \| intervale \| joint \| kloof \| lack \| lacuna \| laying open \| leak \| letup \| lull \| lunar rill \| missing link \| moat \| need \| notch \| nullah \| omission \| open \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| oscitate \| outage \| outlet \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| pause \| pore \| ravine \| recess \| rent \| respite \| rest \| rift \| rime \| rip \| rive \| rupture \| scale \| scissure \| seam \| separation \| shortage \| slash \| slice \| slit \| slot \| space \| splinter \| split \| stoma \| stop \| strath \| suspension \| tear \| throwing open \| trench \| trough \| ullage \| uncorking \| unstopping \| vale \| valley \| void \| wadi \| wait \| want \| wantage \| yawn See Also \| abruption \| barracking \| blank \| breach \| breaking off \| chasm \| cleft \| crack \| crevice \| delay \| disparity \| Earth's surface \| fissure \| foramen \| heckling \| hiatus \| holdup \| hole \| interjection \| interpellation \| interpolation \| interposition \| lacuna \| mountain pass \| mouth \| nodes of Ranvier \| notch \| open \| open up \| opening \| pass \| Ranvier's nodes \| rent \| rift \| rip \| scissure \| space \| spark gap \| split \| surface \| tear \| water gap \| wind gap \| window Gap In Webster's Dictionary \Gap\, n. [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}.] 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. \Gap\, n. (A["e]ronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.

Gap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gap?

[n] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
[n] a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
[n] a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
[n] a pass between mountain peaks
[n] an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
[v] make an opening or gap in

Gap In Webster's Dictionary

\Gap\, n. [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}.]
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.


\Gap\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp.
in a biplane.

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