Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See as the gapes, under
gape , n..
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gape . - noun A fit of
yawning . - noun A disease of young
poultry and otherbirds , caused by aparasitic nematode worm in thewindpipe .
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Examples
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It begins with what is called the gapes; that is, the fowl, being unable to breathe through its nostrils, keeps its beak open, with a kind of convulsive yawn; the eyelids then become swelled and close, and there is an offensive discharge from the nostrils.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
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The worst disease, however, from which the pheasant suffers is "gapes," caused by an accumulation of small red worms in the windpipe that all but suffocate the victim.
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We start a three-way makeout as the entire crowd gapes at us, in shock.
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I watch Chazz watch Lavie, and his mouth slowly gapes.
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When I say the word biologic to someone like Josephine, her eyes cross a little, and her mouth gapes, and I can hear her little brain rattling around in her skull like a smooth marble.
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When I say the word biologic to someone like Josephine, her eyes cross a little, and her mouth gapes, and I can hear her little brain rattling around in her skull like a smooth marble.
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I watch Chazz watch Lavie, and his mouth slowly gapes.
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I watch Chazz watch Lavie, and his mouth slowly gapes.
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The eyeless, toothless brick building behind me gapes with awe at what it's become, at all who flagrantly disregard it.
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When I say the word biologic to someone like Josephine, her eyes cross a little, and her mouth gapes, and I can hear her little brain rattling around in her skull like a smooth marble.
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