To notch or jag; cut into teeth like those of a saw.
To make a break or opening in, as a fence, a wall, or any mass of matter.
To cause a hiatus of any kind in; cause to lose consecutiveness or continuity.
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A break or opening, as in a fence, a wall, or the like; a breach; a chasm; a way of passage, as between rocks or through a mountain; a vacant space.
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Specifically A deep sloping ravine, notch, or cleft cutting a mountain-ridge.
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In general, any hiatus, breach, or interruption of consecutiveness or continuity: as, a gap in an argument.
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See the extract, and break-lathe.