vi to open the mouth wide.
2. gape ·noun the act of gaping; a yawn.
3. gape ·vi expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.
4. gape ·vi to pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.
5. gape ·vi indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.
6. gape ·vi to long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something;
with for, after, or at.
7. gape ·noun the width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, ·etc. the gapes ·- a fit of yawning. the gapes ·- 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.