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to look at someone or something with your mouth open

because you are surprised

She gaped at me in astonishment.

gap • ing / ' geipig / adjective

wide open: There was a gaping hole in the fence.

ga • rage / gэ ' газ / noun

[count]

a building where you keep your car

a place where vehicles are repaired

ga • rage sale / gэ'газ |seil / noun [ count ]

a sale in someone's yard or garage of used things that people do not want anymore I bought this old bike at a garage sale.

— Look at yard sale .

gar .bage Ф /'дш-ыаз/noun

[noncount]

things that you do not want anymore; waste material Our garbage is picked up every Monday.

the place where you put waste material Please throw your wrappers in the garbage .

( informal ) something that you think is bad, stupid, or wrong: I don't know why you watch that garbage on TV. You're talking garbage!

—SYNONYM trash

gar .bage can

/ ' garbid3 |kren / noun [count]

a large container for garbage that you keep outside your house

—SYNONYM trash can

gar • bage man / 'garbid3 mren / noun

[ count ] ( plural gar • bage men / ' garbid3 men / ) a man whose job is to take away the garbage from people's garbage cans

gar • bage truck / 'garbid3 tmk /

[count]

a large vehicle for collecting garbage from people's garbage cans

gar .den О / gardn / noun [ count ]

a piece of land by your house where you can grow flowers,

fruit, and vegetables

I'm growing tomatoes in my garden.

a flower garden

gar • den verb

( gar • dens , gar • den • ing , gar • dened )

to work in a garden

My mother was gardening all weekend.

gar • den • ing / ' gardnig / noun [ noncount ]

the work that you do in a garden to keep it looking attractive

gar • den • er / ' gardrnr / noun

[ count ]

a person who works in a garden

gar • lic

/ ' garlik / noun [noncount] a plant like a small onion with a strong taste and smell, which you use in cooking

gar • ment / ' garmant / noun [ count ] ( formal )

a piece of clothing

gas Ф / gses / noun ( plural gas e: )

[ count, noncount ] ( general science ) a substance like air that is not a solid or a liquid

Hydrogen and oxygen are gases.

[ noncount ] a gas with a strong smell, which you burn to make heat

Does your clothes dryer run on gas or electricity? a gas stove

[ noncount ] a liquid that you put in a car to make it go I hope the car doesn't run out of gas.

—SYNONYM gasoline

the gas [ singular ] ( informal )

= gas pedal

Step on the gas, we're late!

gas • e • ous / ' gresias ; ' gre/as / adjective

( chemistry ) like gas, or containing a gas a gaseous mixture

gas • o • line / |gresa 'lin / noun [ noncount ]

a liquid that you put in a car to make it go —SYNONYM gas

gasp / gresp / verb ( gasps , gasp • ing , gasped )

to breathe in quickly and noisily through your mouth She gasped in surprise when she heard the news. He was gasping for air when they pulled him out of the water.

►gasp noun [ count ]

a gasp of surprise

gas ped • al / ' gres |pedl / noun [ count ] ( also informal the gas )

the part of a vehicle that you press with your foot when you want it to go faster

Take your foot off the gas pedal and step on the brake. —SYNONYM accelerator

gas sta • tion / ' gres |steifn / noun [ count ]

a place where you can buy fuel and other things for your car

gate Ф / geit / noun [ count ]

a thing like a door in a fence or wall, which opens so that you can go through

Please close the gate.

a door in an airport that you go through to reach the airplane

Please go to gate 15.

gath • er / ' gredar / verb

( gath ers , gath er • ing , gath • ered )

1 to come together in a group