Thesaurus: gap

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1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To notch, as a sword or knife.
3. v. t. To make an opening in; to breach.
4. n. a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures
5. n. an open or empty space in or between things
6. n. a narrow opening
7. n. a pass between mountain peaks; geomorphological term for the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks
8. n. a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
9. n. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
10. v. make an opening or gap in
11. 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. 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.
12. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gapin a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening whichimplies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; amountain 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 toadmit of turning a short object of large diameter.-- To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection ofsomething; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take theplace of a fallen defender or supporter.-- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.