gap

Speech parts

1. gap - Noun

2. gap - Verb

3. Gap - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

To notch, as a sword or knife.

To make an opening in; to breach.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

opening break space rift split hole crack chasm fissure gulf col abyss difference separation interval
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Antonyms

league galaxy connexion nexus world beginning
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Hypernyms

space open difference opening pass conflict

Hyponyms

rift split mouth hole window pocket

Phrases with the word

generation gap Palakkad Gap Weierstrass gap yawning gap widen the gap stop-gap measure

Derivatives

gapped gapping

Examples

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. George Orwell

Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us. Oprah Winfrey

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say. Ramsey Clark

A hyena intrudes through a gap a dog opened. Ethiopian Proverb

When bredin split, enemies enter the gap. Darkovan Proverb

If one sheep puts his head through the gap the rest will follow. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Gaoxiong Gaoyao Gaoyou gap analysis gap between my teeth gap buffer