Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAP
GAP, n. [See Gape and Gab. Gipsy, geb, Hindoo, gibah, a hole.]
- An opening in any thing made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence or wall.
- A breach. Manifold miseries ensued by the opening of that gap to all that side of Christendom. Knolles.
- Any avenue or passage; way of entrance or departure. Dryden.
- A breach; a defect; a flaw; as, a gap in honor or reputation. Shak. More.
- An interstice; a vacuity. A third can fill the gap with laughing. Swift.
- A hiatus; a chasm; as, a gap between words. Pope. To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect. To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger. Ezek. xxii.
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