Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete)To gape or stare.

Origin

From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.

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Forms

gaws, gawing, gawed, gawed
Base formgaw · to gaw
3rd person singulargaws
Present participlegawing
Past simplegawed
Past participlegawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygaw
he, she, itgaws

Past simpleLesson

all personsgawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gawed
he, she, ithas gawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gaw

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgawk

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gaw — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto