<B>Ganymede, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>(Greek Mythology.) a beautiful youth carried off by Zeus to be cupbearer to the gods. <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. Lo! Ganymede appears with a foaming tankard of ale (Punch).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the largest satellite of the planet Jupiter. </DL>
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<B>ganzfeld, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Psychology.) a blank surface, used to prevent interference with internally produced visual imagery. <BR> <I>Ex. A ganzfeld can be a whitewashed wall or even, as in some experiments, halves of Ping-Pong balls taped over the eyes (Marilyn Ferguson).</I> </DL>
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<B>GAO</B> (no periods) or <B>G.A.O.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) General Accounting Office (a Congressional agency). </DL>
<B>gap, </B>noun, verb, <B>gapped,</B> <B>gapping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a broken place; opening. <BR> <I>Ex. The cows got out of the field through a gap in the fence.</I> (SYN) break, breach. <DD><B> 2. </B>an empty part; unfilled space; blank. <BR> <I>Ex. The record is not complete; there are several gaps in it. There still exists in general a wide gap between the empirical facts of chemistry on the one side, and the fundamental laws of physics on the other (Science News).</I> (SYN) lacuna. <DD><B> 3. </B>a wide difference of opinion, character, or the like. (SYN) divergence. <DD><B> 4. </B>a pass through mountains; gorge. <BR> <I>Ex. We passed the narrows or gaps of two ranges of high mountains (M. Cutler).</I> (SYN) defile, ravine. <DD><B> 5. </B>a space between two electrodes, such as that in the spark plug of a gasoline engine, across which an electric spark jumps. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make a gap or opening in. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to have or show gaps. <BR> <I>Ex. The little boy's teeth gapped when he smiled.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>bridge the gap</B> (<B>between</B>), </I>to do away with differences (between); effect harmony or uniformity. <BR> <I>Ex. ... to help bridge the gap between rich and poor nations (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>stop</B> (<B>fill</B> or <B>supply</B>) <B>a gap,</B> </I>to make up a deficiency; supply a want; fill a vacant space. <BR> <I>Ex. We hope to fill the gap in our staff very soon.</I> </DL>
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<B>GAPA</B> (no periods), or <B>Gapa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> ground-to-air pilotless aircraft. </DL>
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<B>gape, </B>verb, <B>gaped,</B> <B>gaping,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to open wide. <BR> <I>Ex. A deep hole in the earth gaped before us.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to open the mouth wide; yawn. <BR> <I>Ex. Gape not too wide, lest you disclose your gums (William Congreve).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to stare with the mouth open. <BR> <I>Ex. The crowd gaped at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope walkers.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to be or become open wide. <BR> <I>Ex. May that ground gape and swallow me alive, Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to desire eagerly (to do or have something). <BR> <I>Ex. He seeks no honours, gapes after no preferment (Robert Burton).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a wide opening. <BR> <I>Ex. There was a gape in the seat of his pants where they had split.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of opening the mouth wide; yawning. <DD><B> 3. </B>an open-mouthed stare. <DD><B> 4. </B>a state of eagerness or wonder. <BR> <I>Ex. The mind is not here kept in a perpetual gape after knowledge (Joseph Addison).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Zoology.) <DD><B> a. </B>the width of an open mouth or beak. <DD><B> b. </B>the line of compressure of the mandibles of a bird's beak. <BR><I>expr. <B>the gapes,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a fit of yawning. </I> <I>Ex. Another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes, as real or affected taste for it prevailed (Jane Austen).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a disease of birds and poultry, caused by a roundworm. <BR> <I>Ex. A disease prevalent among the gallinaceous poultry in this country [is] the gapes (British Medical Journal).</I> adv. <B>gapingly.</B> </DL>
<B>gaper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who gapes. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=broadbill </B>(def. 1). <DD><B> 3. </B>a bivalve mollusk, the shell of which is open at one end; soft clam. <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=sea bass.</B> </DL>
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<B>gapes, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>gape.</B> </DL>
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<B>gapeseed, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something to gape or stare at. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of gaping or staring. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who gapes or stares. </DL>
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<B>gapeworm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a nematode worm that is parasitic in the trachea and bronchi of birds and causes the gapes. </DL>
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<B>gapey, </B>adjective. <B>=gapy.</B></DL>
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<B>gap junction,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cluster of protein channels between cells that allows molecules to pass from one cell directly to another. <BR> <I>Ex. Because of the intricate network of gap junctions, molecules can spread through whole organs or parts of organs (Lawrence K. Altman).</I> </DL>
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<B>gaposis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a gap in the arrangement or matching of a person's clothing. <DD><B> 2. </B>any conspicuous or abnormal gap, deficiency, or other lack. </DL>
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<B>gapped scale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a musical scale derived from a more complete system of tones by the omission of some of the tones. The pentatonic is a gapped scale derived from the diatonic scale. </DL>
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<B>gappy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having gaps or breaks. </DL>
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<B>gap-toothed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having gaps in the rows of teeth. <DD><B> 2. </B>having the teeth set wide apart. </DL>
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<B>gapy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected with the gapes. Also, <B>gapey.</B> </DL>
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<B>gar</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>gars</B> or (collectively) <B>gar.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a family of American freshwater fishes with a long, slender body covered with hard scales, and long, narrow jaws; garfish; gar pike. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=needlefish.</B> </DL>
<B>GAR</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> guided aircraft rocket. </DL>
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<B>G.A.R.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Grand Army of the Republic. </DL>
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<B>garage, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>-raged,</B> <B>-raging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a place where automobiles are kept. <BR> <I>Ex. The city built a parking garage near the stores in town.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a shop for repairing automobiles. <BR> <I>Ex. Our car, he told us, had been towed to a garage (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>a. </B>having an unfinished or improvised quality; that is crude or raw in composition. <BR> <I>Ex. garage video. I even had a brief crack at ... playing lead guitar in a scratchy mid-Sixties high-school garage band (David Fricke).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>imitating this quality. <BR> <I>Ex. pristine pop with garage rock abandon (Rolling Stone).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to put or keep in a garage. <BR> <I>Ex. He garages a Mercedes-Benz and a Cadillac (Saturday Evening Post).</I> </DL>
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<B>garageman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who works in a garage, especially an automobile mechanic. </DL>
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<B>garage sale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a private sale of used furniture, appliances, and other items, held in the garage or other part of a seller's home. </DL>
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<B>garagist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a garage owner or attendant. </DL>
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<B>Garamond, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Printing.) a style of type face based on one designed by Claude Garamond. </DL>
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<B>Garand rifle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a semiautomatic rifle, .30 caliber, used by the United States Army from 1936 to 1960. </DL>
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<B>garb, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the way one is dressed. <DD><B> 2. </B>clothing. <BR> <I>Ex. official garb, military garb, priestly garb, peasant garb.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) outward covering, form, or appearance. <BR> <I>Ex. . ... false ruler prank'd in treason's garb (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) manner; style; fashion. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to clothe; dress. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor was garbed in white.</I> </DL>
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<B>garbage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>scraps of food to be thrown away; waste animal or vegetable matter, as from a kitchen, restaurant, or store. <BR> <I>Ex. We empty the garbage while Mother washes the dishes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) anything of no value, such as a trashy writing or painting. <DD><B> 3. </B>any kind of waste matter. </DL>
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<B>garbage can,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a metal or plastic receptacle for the disposal of garbage. </DL>
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<B>garbage disposal</B> or <B>disposer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electric grinder, usually installed in the drain of a kitchen sink, that turns garbage into small pellets which pass into the sewage system. </DL>
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<B>garbageman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a man who collects garbage for removal in a garbage truck. </DL>
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<B>garbage truck,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a truck, usually equipped with a hopper, for collecting garbage and carrying it to a place of disposal. </DL>
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<B>garbanzo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-zos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the chickpea. </DL>
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<B>garble, </B>verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to confuse or mix up (facts, statements, words, or letters) unintentionally. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make unfair or misleading selections from (facts, statements, or writings); omit parts of, often in order to misrepresent. <BR> <I>Ex. Foreign newspapers gave a garbled account of the President's speech.</I> (SYN) distort, misquote. <DD><B> 3. </B>to take out the best of; sort out. <BR> <I>Ex. to garble coins.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the process of garbling. <DD><B> 2. </B>something garbled, such as a writing or statement. </DL>
