Definition of "gapes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gape. (verb)
• A fit of yawning. (noun)
• A disease of young poultry and other birds, caused by a parasitic nematode worm in the windpipe. (noun)

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• "It begins with what is called the gapes; that is, the fowl, being unable to breathe through its nostrils, keeps its beak open, with a kind of convulsive yawn; the eyelids then become swelled and close, and there is an offensive discharge from the nostrils."
• "The worst disease, however, from which the pheasant suffers is "gapes," caused by an accumulation of small red worms in the windpipe that all but suffocate the victim."
• "The eyeless, toothless brick building behind me gapes with awe at what it's become, at all who flagrantly disregard it."