Толковый словарь английского языка - gap
Gap
gap
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse, chasm, hole; akin to Old Norse ~a to ~e Date: 14th century 1. a break in a barrier (as a wall, hedge, or line of military defense), an assailable position, 2. a mountain pass, ravine , spark ~ , 4. a separation in space, an incomplete or deficient area , a break in continuity ; hiatus , a break in the vascular cylinder of a plant where a vascular trace departs from the central cylinder, lack of balance ; disparity , a wide difference in character or attitude , a problem caused by some disparity , ~py adjective II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1879 transitive verb to make an opening in, to adjust the space between the electrodes of (a spark plug), intransitive verb to fall or stand open
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n. 1 an unfilled space or interval; a blank; a break in continuity. 2 a breach in a hedge, fence, or wall. 3 a wide (usu. undesirable) divergence in views, sympathies, development, etc. (generation gap). 4 a gorge or pass. Phrases and idioms fill (or close etc.) a gap make up a deficiency. gap-toothed having gaps between the teeth. Derivatives gapped adj. gappy adj. Etymology: ME f. ON, = chasm, rel. to GAPE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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