The meaning of Gap

noun

An opening, hole, or gap.

Usage examples:

The bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling

adjective

(of a surface or background) unrelieved by decorative or other features; bare, empty, or plain.

Usage examples:

A blank wall

noun

A space left to be filled in a document.

Usage examples:

Leave blanks to type in the appropriate names

verb

Make (something) blank or empty.

Usage examples:

Electronic countermeasures blanked out the radar signals

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Usage examples:

A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

noun

An empty space within a solid object.

Usage examples:

The abdominal cavity

noun

A hole in a surface or a hollow inside something

Usage examples:

The abdominal/chest cavity

noun

A narrow opening, typically one that admits light.

Usage examples:

A chink in the curtains

verb

Make or cause to make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, as of glasses or coins striking together.

Usage examples:

The chain joining the handcuffs chinked

noun

A high-pitched ringing sound.

Usage examples:

The chink of glasses

adjective

Past and past participle of cleave1.

noun

A fissure or split, especially in rock or the ground.

Usage examples:

The third peak is divided from the eastern one by a deep cleft

verb

Split or sever (something), especially along a natural line or grain.

Usage examples:

The large axe his father used to cleave wood for the fire

noun

A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Usage examples:

The bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor

verb

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.

Usage examples:

The dry years had cracked and fissured the cliffs

noun

A deep crack, esp. one in rock or ice or in the ground

noun

The cracking or breaking of a hard object or material.

Usage examples:

Ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe

verb

Break or cause to break.

Usage examples:

The stone has fractured

verb

To crack or break something, esp. a bone

Usage examples:

[ t ] she fractured her skull in the accident., [ i ] this mineral fractures along straight lines.,…

noun

A pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.

Usage examples:

There was a brief hiatus in the war with france

noun

A short pause in which nothing happens, or a space where something no longer is

Usage examples:

Peace talks resumed this week after a five-month hiatus.

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

An intervening period of time; an interval.

Usage examples:

Enjoying a lunchtime interlude

noun

A period or event that comes between two others and is different from them

Usage examples:

The ferry trip was a relaxing interlude during the drive.

noun

A pause or break.

Usage examples:

He was granted an intermission in his studies

noun

A brief period between the parts of a performance

noun

An intervening space, especially a very small one.

Usage examples:

Sunshine filtered through the interstices of the arching trees

noun

A space between things or events

Usage examples:

The wall was old and crumbling with plants growing in the interstices between/in/of the bricks., a …

noun

An intervening time.

Usage examples:

After his departure, there was an interval of many years without any meetings

noun

A period between two events or times, or the space between two points

Usage examples:

If there is a fire, the alarm will sound at 15-second intervals., we’ve positioned guards around th…

noun

A person or thing that has been left out or excluded.

Usage examples:

There are glaring omissions in the report

noun

The fact of not including something that should have been included, or the thing that is not included

Usage examples:

We are not responsible for the omission of information from this website., the document contained a…

noun

A space or gap that allows passage or access.

Usage examples:

An opening in the roof would get rid of the smoke

adjective

Coming at the beginning of something; initial.

Usage examples:

She stole the show with her opening remark

verb

Move (a door or window) so as to leave a space allowing access and vision.

Usage examples:

She opened the door and went in

verb

Interrupt action or speech briefly.

Usage examples:

She paused, at a loss for words

noun

A temporary stop in action or speech.

Usage examples:

She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain

verb

Cease an action temporarily

noun

A hole made by boring or piercing.

Usage examples:

The perforations allow water to enter the well

noun

A hole in something

Usage examples:

A tea bag is full of tiny perforations., one possible complication of colonoscopy is a perforation …

noun

A crack, split, or break in something.

Usage examples:

The wind had torn open a rift in the clouds

verb

Break apart or become separated through faulting caused by plate tectonics.

Usage examples:

The indian landmass rifted from madagascar about 90 million years ago

noun

Something that divides partners or friends

Usage examples:

The border dispute caused a rift between canada and the us.

noun

The action or state of cutting or being cut.

Usage examples:

Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes obse…

noun

A long, narrow cut or opening.

Usage examples:

Make a slit in the stem under a bud

verb

Make a long, narrow cut in.

Usage examples:

Give me the truth or i will slit your throat

noun

A long, narrow aperture or slit in a machine for something to be inserted.

Usage examples:

He slid a coin into the slot of the jukebox

verb

Place (an object) into a slot, typically one specifically designed to receive it.

Usage examples:

He slotted a cassette into the tape machine

noun

The track of a deer, as visible in soft ground.

Usage examples:

Deer slots can be confused with those of sheep and goats

noun

A continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied.

Usage examples:

A table took up much of the space

verb

Position (two or more items) at a distance from one another.

Usage examples:

The poles are spaced 3m apart

noun

An empty place

Usage examples:

[ c ] a parking/storage space, [ u ] he was staring into space, seeing nothing., [ c ] out west the…

noun

Lack of thought or intelligence; empty-headedness.

Usage examples:

He denounced what he considered the frivolity or vacuity of much contemporary painting

noun

The quality of showing no intelligent thought

Usage examples:

Arrogance, moral vacuity, and the abuse of power are now routine., it is easy to mock pop culture's…