gape
To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surpriseTo open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
» She was gaping at their quarrel.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive)To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
gähnen
разева́ть ротrazevátʹ rot, рази́нуть ротrazínutʹ rot
be wide open
(intransitive)To stare in wonder.
глазе́тьglazétʹ, тара́щитьсяtaráščitʹsja, пя́литьсяpjálitʹsja
(intransitive)To open wide; to display a gap.
The wound was gaping open and losing too much blood.
klaffen
зия́тьzijátʹ
(intransitive)To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
Examples
17 sentencesShe was gaping at their quarrel.
A gaping mouth inevitably attracts flies.
I can only gape at such perfection.
Janos was standing there, his mouth gaping.
Holes gaped open in the streets after the earthquake.
deNach dem Erdbeben klafften in der Straße Löcher.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gFrom Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap.
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Forms
gapes, gaping, gaped, gapedSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle