Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gape for

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: gape -for
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strongly desire, yearn for.

Archaic

Example Sentences

""When we have meat, and drink, and clothing, let us be content," let us not gape for riches; for I tell you it is a dangerous thing to have riches."
"That very few are fled for religion other than such as were not able to live at home but in beggary, or discontented for lack of preferment which they gaped for unworthily in universities and other places; or bankrupt merchants etc."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

gapes for (present, singular) gaping for (participle, present) gaped for (participle, past) gaped for (past)

Questions

What does gape for mean?: To strongly desire, yearn for.

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