gap

1. (transitive)To notch, as a sword or knife.

2. (transitive)To make an opening in; to breach.

   make an opening or gap in

3. (transitive)To check the size of a gap.

   I gapped all the spark plugs in my car, but then realized I had used the wrong manual and had made them too small.

4. (especially, intransitive, slang, transitive)To surpass (someone or something) by a considerable margin.

5. (New Zealand, slang)To leave suddenly.

6. (intransitive)To fall or spill open so as to leave a gap.

7. (intransitive, transitive)Of an electric train, to be positioned, or to cause to be positioned, between electrical pickup points, causing loss of power.

   The lights flickered as the train momentarily gapped.

   The train was gapped just outside the station, and passengers were stranded for nearly two hours.

8. (US, dated, intransitive, slang, transitive)To stare or gape.

1. There is a generation gap between them.

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2. The gap between them has narrowed.

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3. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.

   ruПропасть между богатыми и бедными растёт. — marafon

   deDie Kluft zwischen Reich und Arm wird immer größer. — Adelpa

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4. Tom reached through the gap in the fence to try to unlatch the gate.

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5. There's a gap in my memory.

   У мене провал у пам'яті. — deniko

   ruУ меня провал в памяти. — marafon

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