gape

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, hunger, or surprise.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To stare in wonder.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To open wide; to display a gap.
  4. Noun.  (context, uncommon) An act of gaping; a yawn.
  5. Noun.  A large opening.
  6. Noun.  A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.

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