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"gap":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a break in a barrier (such as a wall, hedge, or line of military defense)":[],
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": a break in continuity : hiatus":[],
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": a break in the vascular cylinder of a plant where a vascular trace departs from the central cylinder":[],
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": a mountain pass":[],
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": a problem caused by some disparity":[
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"a communication gap",
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"credibility gap"
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],
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": a separation in space":[],
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": a wide difference in character or attitude":[
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"the generation gap"
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],
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": an assailable position":[],
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": an incomplete or deficient area":[
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"a gap in her knowledge"
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],
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": lack of balance : disparity":[
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"the gap between imports and exports"
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],
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": ravine":[],
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": spark gap":[],
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": to adjust the space between the electrodes of (a spark plug)":[],
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": to fall or stand open":[],
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": to make an opening in":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"The child had a gap between her two front teeth.",
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"The gap between the lead runner and the rest of the field continued to widen.",
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"The sheep got through a gap in the fence.",
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"There are unexplained gaps in his story.",
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"The class filled in the gaps in my knowledge of biology.",
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"She had taken several years off to raise a family, so there was a large gap in her work history.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"And all three books monitor the terrifying ease with which that gap can narrow. \u2014 Francine Prose, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 22 June 2022",
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"The evidence shows that the news network a voter chooses to trust may have something to do with that knowledge gap , even more than their education level. \u2014 David Paleologos, USA TODAY , 22 June 2022",
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"While the correlation between income and voting is well-established, the size of that gap surprised researchers, Kousser said. \u2014 Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune , 21 June 2022",
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"That gap in hospitalizations illustrates how the pandemic has changed. \u2014 Luke Money, Los Angeles Times , 21 June 2022",
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"The state fills that gap by compensating students who attend private secondary schools for the cost of their tuition in the districts where no public option exists. \u2014 Matt Ford, The New Republic , 21 June 2022",
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"Stephanopoulos asked Kinzinger to explain that gap . \u2014 Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al , 19 June 2022",
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"For travelers who are experiencing a language barrier, contactless technology can help bridge that gap by translating to their native language. \u2014 Rick Blatstein, Forbes , 16 June 2022",
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"During the ride, Tyre slipped through that gap , according to a report. \u2014 Lindsey Bever, Washington Post , 14 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Even modest selling causes prices to gap lower and transaction sizes to shrink as buyers disappear. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 19 May 2022",
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"The snug extended cuffs protect your wrists from thorns and scratches and won\u2019t gap open. \u2014 Blair Braverman, Outside Online , 10 May 2021",
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"If the stock can gap up tomorrow that will be very bullish and suggest higher prices will likely follow. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
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"As the laps ticked away, Power was able to gap Grosjean during the sprint to the finish and cruise to his fifth career victory on the IMS road course and sixth career win at IMS overall. \u2014 Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star , 15 Aug. 2021",
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"The stock is prone to big moves after reporting earnings and can easily gap up if the numbers are strong. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 8 June 2021",
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"Conversely, if the numbers disappoint, the stock can easily gap down. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
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"The stock is prone to big moves after reporting earnings and can easily gap up if the numbers are strong. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 18 May 2021",
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"Conversely, if the numbers disappoint, the stock can easily gap down. \u2014 Adam Sarhan, Forbes , 6 May 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1879, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gap, gappe , borrowed from Old Norse gap \"chasm, outcry,\" noun derivative of gapa \"to gape entry 1 \"":"Noun",
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"derivative of gap entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gap"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"breach",
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"break",
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"discontinuity",
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"gulf",
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"hiatus",
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"hole",
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"interstice",
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"interval",
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"opening",
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"rent",
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"rift",
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"separation",
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"void"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094130",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gape":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aspect",
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"eye",
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"gaze",
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"regard",
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"scrutiny",
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"stare"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1 )":[
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"a case of gapes",
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"\u2014 often used with the \u2026 an outbreak of the gapes , a disease of fowls caused by worms in the windpipe. \u2014 John Cheever"
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],
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": something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent)":[
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"A hole, in whitewater parlance, is a recirculating maw of foam. \u2026 Its gape shows like a frothy smirk or, depending on viewpoint, a frown.",
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"\u2014 David Quammen"
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],
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": the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake)":[
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"An eel, like most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, is gape limited, meaning it can eat only what it can swallow \u2026",
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"\u2014 Gene S. Helfman"
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],
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": the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c ) of a bird close":[],
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": the width of an opening":[
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"\u2026 gyratory crushers having a gape suitable for the coarsest crushing \u2026",
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"\u2014 A. M. Gaudin"
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],
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": to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder":[
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"gaped at the squabbling monkeys"
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],
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": to open or part widely":[
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"holes gaped in the pavement"
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],
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": to open the mouth wide":[],
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": yawn":[
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"The dull lecture made the students gape ."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order",
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"Noun",
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"I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Perhaps the most popular way to explore the canyon is via a boat tour that meanders down the river, allowing visitors to gape up at the imposing rock walls. \u2014 Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure , 21 Feb. 2022",
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"From many places along Interstate 5, where travelers can\u2019t help but gape at the towering volcano, snow has been hard to see for weeks. \u2014 Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle , 26 Aug. 2021",
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"But, in the meantime, Metsavainio\u2019s 100,000-pixel-wide epic still offers plenty to gape at. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Mar. 2021",
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"Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death. \u2014 Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 23 Dec. 2020",
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"His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn\u2019t help but gape at. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, Fortune , 7 Nov. 2020",
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"When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard\u2019s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sabl\u00e9, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn\u2019t swoop in or gape in horror. \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 8 Mar. 2020",
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"The Grand Canyon this is not \u2014 but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape . \u2014 Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com , 9 July 2019",
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"And as women with full chests know, finding a button-down that doesn't gape at the buttons is nearly impossible, so Chan added hidden buttons to make sure the shirt doesn't pull open at the bust. \u2014 Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR , 13 Sep. 2019",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort. \u2014 Susan Brickell, Health.com , 14 Oct. 2021",
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"Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park\u2019s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs. \u2014 Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online , 15 Sep. 2021",
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"The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself. \u2014 New York Times , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand. \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 11 Sep. 2017",
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"Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery. \u2014 ABC News , 11 Nov. 2021",
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"On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window. \u2014 Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Oct. 2021",
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"But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
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"Her mouth gape measures 6.56 centimeters, or about two and a half inches. \u2014 Rachel Trent, CNN , 31 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English gapen , borrowed from Old Norse gapa , going back to Germanic *gap\u014dn- (whence Middle Dutch gapen \"to gaze stupidly,\" Middle High German gaffen ), perhaps of phonesthemic origin":"Verb",
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"derivative of gape entry 1":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sometimes \u02c8gap",
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"\u02c8g\u0101p"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"blink",
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"gawk",
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"gawp",
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"gaze",
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"goggle",
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"peer",
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"rubberneck",
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"stare"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-170621",
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gap-toothed":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having gaps between the teeth":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gap-\u02cct\u00fctht"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1567, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023644"
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},
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"gapper":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a machine for thinning sugar beets or other crops by cutting gaps in the row":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8gap\u0259(r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030802"
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},
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"gapped scale":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a musical scale derived from a larger system of tones by omitting certain tones":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1910, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034652"
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},
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"gap year":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for nonacademic activities":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The truth is, a lot of gap year stories may sound spontaneous, but that's almost never the case. \u2014 Helen Lu, Travel + Leisure , 10 June 2022",
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"In 2000, as part of his gap year between Eton College and St. Andrew's University, William spent a period of time with the unit under the guidance of the Welsh Guards. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 21 Mar. 2022",
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"The flu-season gap year in 2020\u20132021 also may have left our immune system less prepared, setting us up for a more severe season this time around, some experts say. \u2014 Tara Haelle, Scientific American , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"The number of students doing a traditional gap year program is trending back to ordinary levels for the 2021-2022 school year. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2021",
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"With international travel \u2014 often a staple of traditional gap year programs \u2014 on hold during the coronavirus pandemic, more students than ever made an independent itinerary for their year off from traditional school. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com , 24 May 2021",
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"From the New York Times, a story on Ivy League athletes denied a sports season but figuring way to have gap year . \u2014 Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times , 3 May 2021",
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"Iwama said students were delaying college or taking a gap year until the pandemic ends. \u2014 Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com , 26 Apr. 2021",
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"The coach was simply comparing the stresses of a fifth straight run to the NBA Finals and the rash of season-ending injuries with playing free and easy during last season\u2019s gap year of no expectations. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Mar. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1978, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093213"
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},
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"gap junction":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an area of contact between adjacent cells characterized by modification of the plasma membranes for intercellular communication or transfer of low molecular-weight substances":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Cells have other options for exchanging molecules, most notably the structures called gap junctions and exosomes. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 23 Apr. 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1967, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142017"
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},
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"gaping":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wide open":[
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"a gaping hole"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8g\u0101-pi\u014b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Newsom won with 80 percent of the vote in Alameda County in 2018; two years later President Biden and Vice President Harris won the county by an equally gaping margin. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2021",
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"For people who lost their mothers to COVID-19, this Mother's Day is a reminder of a freshly gaping void. \u2014 Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY , 7 May 2021",
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"Then again, no one knew Dallas would lose four key players to the coronavirus for the better part of three weeks, the most gaping puncture wound that caused bloody January. \u2014 Brad Townsend, Dallas News , 31 Jan. 2021",
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"For Microsoft, the partnership fills the obvious and gaping hole in its offerings ever since Nadella threw in the towel on the company's own line of Windows phones. \u2014 Aaron Pressman, Fortune , 7 Aug. 2019",
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"While there is a big gaping hole in the global sporting calendar for the coming months, the schedule in France is suddenly looking very busy. \u2014 Jerome Pugmire, Houston Chronicle , 15 Apr. 2020",
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"Among all the gaping holes and wounds in our collective life that the new coronavirus has revealed is the fact that our public language long ago depleted its resources and then debased itself. \u2014 Lee Siegel, New York Times , 28 Mar. 2020",
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"The viral outbreak has revealed gaping holes in health care coverage at a time when people may need it most. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Mar. 2020",
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"The attacks, officials say, revealed gaping security holes that could be exploited by those looking to disrupt voting by locking up and ransoming voter rolls or simply cutting power at critical polling centers on Election Day. \u2014 Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times , 10 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from present participle of gape entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1588, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194809"
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},
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"gapeworm":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a nematode worm ( Syngamus trachea ) that causes gapes (see gape entry 2 sense 4 ) in birds":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"sometimes \u02c8gap-",
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"\u02c8g\u0101p-\u02ccw\u0259rm"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"He and other rehabbers are overloaded with waterfowl riddled with gapeworm , a parasite that lives and breeds in a bird\u2019s trachea and causes it to gasp or shake its head. \u2014 New York Times , 20 July 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"gape entry 2 + worm entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1873, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220605"
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},
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"gap-framepress":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a punch press with an opening in the front of the frame at a level with the bed to permit the insertion of wide work or the feeding of strip stock across the bed from one side to the other":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011145"
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}
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} |