Meaning of "gape" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GAPE

From Old Norse gapa; related to Middle Dutch gapen, Danish gabe.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GAPE

ɡeɪp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAPE

Gape is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gape in English.

WHAT DOES GAPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating and for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young. The terms beak and rostrum are also used to refer to a similar mouthpart in some Ornithischian dinosaurs, monotremes, cephalopods, cetaceans, billfishes, pufferfishes, turtles, Anuran tadpoles and sirens. Although beaks vary significantly in size, shape, color and texture, they share a similar underlying structure. Two bony projections—the upper and lower mandibles—are covered with a thin keratinized layer of epidermis known as the rhamphotheca. In most species, two holes known as nares lead to the respiratory system.

Definition of gape in the English dictionary

The first definition of gape in the dictionary is to stare in wonder or amazement, esp with the mouth open. Other definition of gape is to open the mouth wide, esp involuntarily, as in yawning or hunger. Gape is also to be or become wide open.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GAPE

PRESENT

Present

I gape

you gape

he/she/it gapes

we gape

you gape

they gape

Present continuous

I am gaping

you are gaping

he/she/it is gaping

we are gaping

you are gaping

they are gaping

Present perfect

I have gaped

you have gaped

he/she/it has gaped

we have gaped

you have gaped

they have gaped

Present perfect continuous

I have been gaping

you have been gaping

he/she/it has been gaping

we have been gaping

you have been gaping

they have been gaping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I gaped

you gaped

he/she/it gaped

we gaped

you gaped

they gaped

Past continuous

I was gaping

you were gaping

he/she/it was gaping

we were gaping

you were gaping

they were gaping

Past perfect

I had gaped

you had gaped

he/she/it had gaped

we had gaped

you had gaped

they had gaped

Past perfect continuous

I had been gaping

you had been gaping

he/she/it had been gaping

we had been gaping

you had been gaping

they had been gaping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will gape

you will gape

he/she/it will gape

we will gape

you will gape

they will gape

Future continuous

I will be gaping

you will be gaping

he/she/it will be gaping

we will be gaping

you will be gaping

they will be gaping

Future perfect

I will have gaped

you will have gaped

he/she/it will have gaped

we will have gaped

you will have gaped

they will have gaped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been gaping

you will have been gaping

he/she/it will have been gaping

we will have been gaping

you will have been gaping

they will have been gaping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would gape

you would gape

he/she/it would gape

we would gape

you would gape

they would gape

Conditional continuous

I would be gaping

you would be gaping

he/she/it would be gaping

we would be gaping

you would be gaping

they would be gaping

Conditional perfect

I would have gape

you would have gape

he/she/it would have gape

we would have gape

you would have gape

they would have gape

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been gaping

you would have been gaping

he/she/it would have been gaping

we would have been gaping

you would have been gaping

they would have been gaping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you gape
we let´s gape
you gape

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to gape

Past participle

gaped

Present Participle

gaping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GAPE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gape» and belong to the same grammatical category.

crack · gawk · gawp · goggle · open · split · stare · wonder · yawn

TRANSLATION OF GAPE

Find out the translation of gape to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gape from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gape» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 目瞪口呆地看
• Translator English - Spanish: mirar boquiabierto
• English: gape
• Translator English - Hindi: जंभाई
• Translator English - Arabic: تثاءب
• Translator English - Russian: Gape
• Translator English - Portuguese: ficar boquiaberto
• Translator English - Bengali: মুখব্যাদান
• Translator English - French: regarder bouche bée
• Translator English - Malay: Gape
• Translator English - German: starren
• Translator English - Japanese: 驚いた顔でみる
• Translator English - Korean: 놀라서 입을 딱 벌리고 바라보다
• Translator English - Javanese: Gape
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mở rộng ra
• Translator English - Tamil: முறைத்து
• Translator English - Marathi: जप्ती
• Translator English - Turkish: esnemek
• Translator English - Italian: restare a bocca aperta
• Translator English - Polish: gapić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: Gape
• Translator English - Romanian: sta cu gura căscată
• Translator English - Greek: χασμουριέμαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mondhoeke
• Translator English - Swedish: gapa
• Translator English - Norwegian: gape

2 QUOTES WITH «GAPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gape.

1

Matthew Arnold

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

2

Karl Kraus

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAPE»

Discover the use of gape in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gape and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Gape

John Love was born on Pennsylvania. John Love currently lives on Missouri. John Love has read 2,065 books. John Love is also the author of other books. Gape is John Love's fourth finished work. John Love is also currently a college student.

John Love, 2010

Dreams of the N'Dorobo: a Gape Turpin adventure-mystery

Dreams of the N'dorobo is a hard-hitting fast-action adventure novel, part mystery, part Indiana Jones, and all adrenaline.

Gary Gabelhouse, 2004

Sustainable Aquaculture: Global Perspectives

As the larvae grow, the progressively increasing gape allows them to take progressively larger prey. More than 8(M of the variation in mean prey size taken by larvae over a period of time in rohu and singhi was explained by the gape ( Mookerji ...

Carl D Webster, Bana B. Jana, 2003

The Other Saber-tooths: Scimitar-tooth Cats of the Western ...

Modern practical bite force studies began with basic “in vivo” studies on opossums, with low gape, and maximum force required at or close to occlusion ( Thomason et al., 1990; Thomason, 1991). Thomason's opossums, and most extant ...

Virginia L. Naples, Larry D. Martin, John P. Babiarz, 2011

The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...

I.\V.' GAP, see Gape, It“, Gaup. GAPE, v.' and sb. Var. dial. uses in Se. lrel. and Eng. Also written gaaype Brks.'; and in forms gaap Oxf': gap s.\Vil. w.Som.' Dev.; geapp Cum.'; geeap n.Yks.2 e.Yks.' ; giap \Vm. ; gyep th. ; yape e.Sus. [g€p, geap  ...

Joseph Wright

Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology

The perpendicular distance from this line (OI) to the center of rotation of the quadrate condyles (r) is the lever arm for this muscle at this gape. The measurements were made for angles of 0°-50° of gape, with zero being taken as that gape for ...

J. Michael Parrish, Ralph E. Molnar, Philip J. Currie, 2013

Critical Factors in the Ontogeny of Diet in the Southern ...

Gape Index Assessment Linear regression analysis of King's (2002) index (GIk) versus maximum gape area revealed a highly significant relationship (F1,52 = 484.6, R2 = 0.90, P < 0.001; Figure 5). The slope of the regression line between ...

John Paul LaBonte, 2007

Gape family gives up two manor houses

MICHAEL'S MANOR, HERTFORDSHIRE GAPE'S OHIO MANOR COST ABOUT $12,000 At first it sounded like the average American's dream come true. Well-to- do, elderly Sibyl M. G. Gape had died in England last Dec. 30, leaving her estate  ...

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Issues in Anthropology, Evolution, and Development: 2013 Edition

According to news originating from Durham, North Carolina, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “This study tests the hypothesis that decreased canine crown height in catarrhines is linked to (and arguably caused by) decreased jaw gape.

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Trout Fly Fishing: An Expert Approach

Attaching the leader to the eye will therefore have some tendency to pull the hook out of a fish's month. In theory. therefore. a reduction in the angle by lengthening the shank or reducing the gape will improve matters. Similarly. a down~eyed ...

Martin Cairncross, John Dawson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gape is used in the context of the following news items.

Why censorship remains essential — Adrian Lee Yuen Beng | What …

For sure, women dressed in non-skimpy attires would've helped many to not gawk and gape as they can now resist the temptation, enticement ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

SOUTHAMPTON FC | REPORT: Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 …

Southampton team: Maarten Stekelenburg, Cédric Soares, Maya Yoshida, Florin Gardos, Joshua Debayo, Dominic Gape, Steven Davis (c), ... «Southampton FC, Jul 15»

The only museum you ever need visit… if you're a fan of cup …

Gape in amazement at the instant cup noodles product line that began with Chicken Ramen. We're not talking about 100 or so iterations of cup ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

Copper country charm - Pune Mirror

We saw none of these; neither did we tour by boat to Isla Magdalena y Marta to gape at the penguins. Instead, our high point in Punta Arenas ... «Pune Mirror, Jul 15»

Baby Barn Swallows are birds with an attitude

The bright yellow gape is meant to attract the attention of parents. How could you not see that mouth? Jim Williams has been watching birds ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

Ba sekela go utswa dikhondomo

Ka jalo, boraro jo bo lebisitswe gape molato wa go tsena ba bo ba nna malatsi kwa moepong o o sireleditsweng wa Orapa kwa ntle ga tetla ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»

Letsatsi: mmoki wa monana

Moragonyana, lekawana la iponatsa gape Tautona a ikanisiwa ka 2014, fa dikagong tsa palamente. Naledi e ne ya sala lekawana morago go ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»

Confirmed: Southampton line-up v RB Leipzig

Southampton XI: Stekelenburg, McCarthy, Stephens, Turnbull, Debayo, Gape, Reed, Ramírez, Isgrove, Juanmi, Gallagher. Subs: K. Davis (GK), ... «HITC, Jul 15»

Di e lemile bogole fa kae?

Godimo ga dithuto tse a tlaa bong a di fentse, ngwana o ne a tshwanetse go nna gape le Sekgoa. Molao o, wa thatafatsa dilo go feta. «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»

The Last Taxi Ride

Seasoned New Yorkers barely even notice Ranjit's red turban and full beard, but out-of-towners gape at him, reassured only by the hack license posted on the ... «NPR, Jul 15»