gape

G'APE, verb intransitive 1. To open the mouth wide, from sleepiness, drowsiness or dullness; to yawn. 2. To open the mouth for food, as young birds. 3. To gape for or after, to desire earnestly; to crave; to look and long for; as, men often gape after court favor. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. To gape at, in a like sense, is hardly correct. 4. To open in fissures or crevices; as a gaping rock. May that ground gape and swallow me alive. 5. To have a hiatus; as one vowel gaping on another. 6. To open the mouth in wonder or surprise; as the gaping fool; the gaping crowd. 7. To utter sound with open throat. 8. To open the mouth with hope or expectation. 9. To open the mouth with a desire to injure or devour. They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job 16:10. G'APE, noun A gaping.