English-Thai Dictionary

gape

VI อ้าปากค้าง  หาว  yawn ar-pak-kang

 

gape at

PHRV จ้องมอง อ้าปากค้าง  gawk at gaxe at goggle at stare at jong-mong-ar-pak-kang

 

gapes

N โรค พยาธิ ใน พวก สัตว์ปีก 

 

gapeseed

N สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ทึ่ง ประหลาดใจ 

 

gapeworm

N พยาธิ ตัว กลม ที่ ก่อ โรค  gapes

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GAPE

v.i. 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 16:1 .

 

GAPE

n.A gaping.

 

GAPER

n.One who gapes; a yawner. 1. One who opens his mouth for wonder and stares foolishly.
2. One who longs or craves.
3. A fish with six or seven bands and tail undivided.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GAPE

Gape (; in Eng, commonly; 277 ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaped ( or ); p.pr. & vb. n. Gaping ] Etym: [OE. gapen, AS. geapan to open; akin to D. gapen to gape, G. gaffen, Icel. & Sw. gapa, Dan. gabe; cf. Skr. jabh to snap at, open the mouth. Cf. Gaby, Gap. ]

 

1. To open the mouth wide; as: (a ) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. Dryden. (b ) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn. She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, And asks if it be time to rise. Swift. (c ) Showing self-forgetfulness in surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. Byron. (d ) Manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome. They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job xvi. 1 .

 

2. To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. May that ground gape and swallow me alive! Shak.

 

3. To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at. The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. Denham.

 

Syn. -- To gaze; stare; yawn. See Gaze.

 

GAPE

GAPE Gape, n.

 

1. The act of gaping; a yawn. Addison.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.

 

GAPES; THE GAPES

GAPES; THE GAPES The gapes. (a ) A fit of yawning. (b ) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachealis ), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See Gapeworm.

 

GAPER

GAPER Gap "er, n.

 

1. One who gapes.

 

2. (Zoöl.) (a ) A European fish. See 4th Comber. (b ) A large edible clam (Schizothærus Nuttalli ), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam. (c ) An East Indian bird of the genus Cymbirhynchus, related to the broadbills.

 

GAPESEED

GAPESEED Gape "seed `, n.

 

Defn: Any strange sight. Wright.

 

GAPESING

GAPESING Gapes "ing ( or ), n.

 

Defn: Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

GAPEWORM

GAPEWORM Gape "worm ` ( or ), n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gape

gape |gāp ɡeɪp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] stare with one's mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder: they gaped at her as if she were an alien. • be or become wide open: [ with complement ] : a large duffel bag gaped open by her feet. ▶noun a wide opening or breach: a gape of the jaws. • an open-mouthed stare: she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passersby. • a widely open mouth or beak: juvenile birds with yellow gapes. • (the gapes ) a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap .

 

gaper

gap er |ˈgāpər ˈɡeɪpər | ▶noun 1 a person who stares, typically in amazement or wonder. 2 a burrowing bivalve mollusk, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends. [Genus Mya, family Myidae. ]

 

gapeworm

gape worm |ˈgāpˌwərm ˈɡeɪpwərm | ▶noun a parasitic nematode worm that infests the trachea and bronchi of birds, causing the gapes. [Syngamus trachea, class Phasmida. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

gape

gape |geɪp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] be or become wide open: [ with complement ] : a carpet bag gaped open by her feet. • stare with one's mouth open wide in amazement or wonder: he gaped at Sharp in silence. ▶noun a wide opening: a wide gape of the jaws. • an open-mouthed stare: she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by. • a widely open mouth or beak: juvenile birds with yellow gapes. • (the gapes ) a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap .

 

gaper

gaper |ˈgeɪpə | ▶noun 1 a burrowing bivalve mollusc, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends. ●Genus Mya, family Myidae. 2 another term for comber 2. 3 a deep-sea anglerfish that is able to inflate itself with water. ●Family Chaunacidae and genus Chaunax. 4 a person who stares in amazement or wonder.

 

gapeworm

gape |worm |ˈgeɪpwəːm | ▶noun a parasitic nematode worm that infests the trachea and bronchi of birds, causing the gapes. ●Syngamus trachea, class Phasmida.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gape

gape verb 1 she gaped at him in astonishment: stare, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, goggle, gaze, ogle; informal rubberneck, gawk. 2 a padded coat that gaped at every seam: open wide, open up, yawn; part, split.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gape

gape verb 1 she gaped at him in astonishment: stare, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, gawk, goggle, gaze, ogle, look fixedly, look vacantly; informal rubberneck; Brit. informal gawp. 2 he wore a leather jerkin which gaped at every seam: open wide, open up, yawn; part, crack, split.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gape

gape /ɡeɪp /動詞 自動詞 1 «…に » 驚く ; (驚いて )ぽかんと口を開ける [開けて見る ] «at » .2 〈穴 傷が 〉ぽっかりと開く (gape open ).3 あくびをする (yawn ).名詞 C 1 ぽかんと口を開ける [開けて見る ]こと .2 ｟おどけて ｠あくびの発作 .3 〖the ～s 〗(鳥類の )開嘴 （かいし ）病 .4 〘動 〙開けた口 [くちばし ]の広さ .5 裂け目 .