gap
gap is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To notch, as a sword or knife.
- 2.To make an opening in; to breach. Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- arrear
- barranca
- between
- breach
- breachy
- break
- caesura
- canon
- caret
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cleft
- clove
- complete
- crack
- cranny
- creek
- crevasse
- crevice
- crude
- cut
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- defile
- dike
- discontinuity
- failing
- fall
- far
- fissure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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