Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gap"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Gap
a rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The
false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e.,
they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gap \Gap\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp.
in a biplane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gap \Gap\, n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap
mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap
expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See {Gape}.]
An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap
in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening
which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a
hiatus; a mountain pass.
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. --Knolles.
It would make a great gap in your own honor. --Shak.
{Gap lathe} (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the
bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter.
{To stand in the gap}, to expose one's self for the
protection of something; to make defense against any
assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender
or supporter.
{To stop a gap}, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gap \Gap\, v. t.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gap
n 1: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two
figures: "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread
between lending and borrowing costs" [syn: {spread}]
2: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a
small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a
gap in the wall" [syn: {opening}]
3: a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" [syn: {crack}]
4: a pass between mountain peaks [syn: {col}]
5: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was
presented without commercial breaks" [syn: {break}, {interruption},
{disruption}]
v : make an opening or gap in [syn: {breach}]
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