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gap
A	noun
	1	break, interruption, disruption, gap
			an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚inactivity ╚delay; holdup ╚break, interruption, disruption, gap ╚heckling; barracking ╚breaking off; abruption ╚interjection; interposition; interpolation; interpellation ╚cut-in; insert ╚cut-in; insert
	2	gap, crack
			a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚opening ╚gap, crack ╚spark gap ╚lacuna; blank
	3	gap, spread
			a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; "gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending and borrowing costs"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚difference ╚inequality ╚disparity ╚gap, spread
	4	col, gap
			a pass between mountain peaks
		Category Tree: entity ╚location ╚pass; mountain pass; notch ╚col, gap ╚wind gap ╚water gap
	5	opening, gap
			an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚amorphous shape ╚space ╚opening, gap ╚rip; rent; snag; split; tear ╚rift ╚mouth ╚hole ╚crack; cleft; crevice; fissure; scissure ╚chasm ╚breach ╚foramen; hiatus ╚Ranvier's nodes; nodes of Ranvier ╚pocket
B	verb
	1	gap, breach
			make an opening or gap in
		Category Tree: open; open up ╚gap, breach

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