Gape

·vi To open the mouth wide.

II. Gape ·noun The act of gaping; a yawn.

III. Gape ·vi Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.

IV. Gape ·vi To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.

V. Gape ·vi Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to Yawn.

VI. Gape ·vi To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something;

— with for, after, or at.

VII. Gape ·noun The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, ·etc. The gapes ·- A fit of yawning. The gapes ·- 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.