verb [V]
1 ~ (at sb/sth) to stare at sb/sth with your mouth open because you are shocked or surprised:
Isabel gaped at him, horrified. * Frank gaped. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.
2 ~ (open) to be or become wide open:
a gaping hole / mouth / wound * He stood yawning, his pyjama jacket gaping open. * A huge chasm gaped before them.
gape noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for gape is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — gape appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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