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Gap   /gæp/   Listen
noun
Gap  n.  
1.
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." "It would make a great gap in your own honor."
2.
(Aeronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
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.


verb
Gap  v. t.  
1.
To notch, as a sword or knife.
2.
To make an opening in; to breach. "Their masses are gapp'd with our grape."





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"Gap" Quotes from Famous Books



... sealing-wax twisted and bitten and broken into sundry pieces—such relics as these were about the table, and Pen flung himself down in George's empty chair—noting things according to his wont, or in spite of himself. There was a gap in the bookcase (next to the old College Plato, with the Boniface Arms), where Helen's bible used to be. He has taken that with him, thought Pen. He knew why his friend was gone. Dear, ...
— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray
... private fortune and extensive estates. He was prudent withal, and knew how admirably the shipowner's plans would develop if given the necessary time. He offered the use of his name and money. He more than filled the gap created by the hostile ex-director. People argued that such a clever man, just returning from the Far East after accomplishing a public mission of some importance, must be a reliable guide. The mere cabled intelligence of his intention to join the ...
— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy
... bloom, venerable fruit trees were spread and nailed, and here and there showed bloom, clumps of low-growing things sturdily advanced their yellowness or whiteness, as if defying neglect. In one place a wall slanted and threatened to fall, bearing its nectarine trees with it; in another there was a gap so evidently not of to-day that the heap of its masonry upon the border bed was already covered with greenery, and the roots of the fruit tree it had supported had sent up strong, ...
— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... use of God for the purpose of getting quit of hell and gaining heaven. It was a clear case of making God serve me, instead of my serving Him. Many other things came to my mind, by which I knew there was an immense gap between my experience and the Word of God. I can see it all now; but at the time it was very ...
— From Death into Life - or, twenty years of my ministry • William Haslam
... the shadowy waters—mighty, moving mists, whose grey-winged squadrons, swift and irresistible, enveloped and almost blotted from sight the little rock-bound island, against which the forces of nature seemed to be for ever spending themselves in vain. From time to time through a gap in the shifting cloud-ranks there shone a sudden dazzling gleam of sunlight on the white crests of the sea-horses ...
— A Loose End and Other Stories • S. Elizabeth Hall


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