Antonyms for gapped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gap

Phonetic Transcription : gæp

Definition of gapped

Origin : early 14c. (mid-13c. in place names), from Old Norse gap "chasm," related to gapa "to gape," from PIE *ghai- "to yawn, gape" (see yawn (v.)). Originally "hole in a wall or hedge;" broader sense is 16c. In U.S., common in place names in reference to a break or pass in a long mountain chain (especially one that water flows through). As a verb from 1847.

As in open : verb clear, expose; spread
As in yawn : verb open mouth wide, usually sign of
As in gape : verb be wide open

Example sentences :

He heard a low sob, and it cut through him like a gapped and rusty blade.
Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben

He took the axe from her, and ran his thumb along the blunt and gapped edge.
Extract from : « Dixie Hart » by Will N. Harben

Other facts show that the "gapped" branches did not behave quite normally.
Extract from : « Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists » by Various

The brute slowly opened its huge mouth and disclosed the cruel, gapped teeth.
Extract from : « The Jungle Girl » by Gordon Casserly

No; not anything unusual about the front ones, but the hip pockets were gapped open and sagged down.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson's Jim!
Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

In the mouths of both were the formidable navajas, "gapped" by recent rough usage and pointless.
Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard

Rare stars, trembling like watchlights in the breeze, shone in the gapped cloud.
Extract from : « The Death of the Gods » by Dmitri Mrejkowski

Outside the fence he halted and looked about him, then he looked back over the gapped and broken palings.
Extract from : « Those Times And These » by Irvin S. Cobb

Oswald's hairs, as you can see here, have some gapped areas in there but not too many.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Synonyms for gapped

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