Hiatus definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HIA'TUS, n. [L. from ... the intensity or amount of something [syn: suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement] 2: a missing piece (as a gap in a ... perforation through a bone or a membranous structure [syn: foramen, hiatus] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin, from hiare to yawn ... in or as if in a material object ; gap < the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party — J ... or activity) is suspended or interrupted < after a 5-year hiatus from writing > b. the occurrence of two vowel sounds without ... Etymology: L, = gaping f. hiare gape Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hiatus Hi*a"tus, n.; pl. L. Hiatus, E. Hiatuses. [ ...
hiatus hernia definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: hernia ... protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm [syn: hiatus hernia, hiatal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia] Merriam Webster's noun see ...
... A third can fill the gap with laughing. 6. A hiatus; a chasm; as a gap between words. To stop a ... a gap in her knowledge > 5. a break in continuity ; hiatus 6. a break in the vascular cylinder of a plant ... a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass. Miseries ensued by the opening of that ... Cleft, crevice, opening, chink, cranny, crack, interstice, breach, rift, break, hiatus, lacuna. Moby Thesaurus abysm, abyss, aperture, arrearage, arroyo, bottom, bottom ... glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, halt, hang open, hiatus, hole, hollow, incise, incision, inconsistency, inlet, interim, intermission, interruption, interspace ...
... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. lacunae or lacunas) 1 a hiatus, blank, or gap. 2 a missing portion or empty page ... depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. 2. (Biol.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity ... funnel chest, gap, gape, gat, gulf, hair space, half space, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollow shell, inlet, interim, intermediate space, intermission, interruption ...
... ground gape, and swallow me alive. 5. To have a hiatus; as one vowel gaping on another. 6. To open the ... pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus. May that ground gape and swallow me alive! --Shak. 3 ... glowering look, goggle, gorge, groove, gulch, gulf, gully, hang open, hiatus, hole, hollow, incision, inlet, inquire, interrogate, interval, joint, kloof, lacuna ...
... protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm [syn: hiatus hernia, hiatal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia] Merriam Webster's noun Date ... the stomach to a position above the diaphragm — called also hiatus hernia
... in accustomed friendly relations b. a temporary gap in continuity ; hiatus 4. a leap especially of a whale out of water ... genocide, gorge, groove, guilty act, gulch, gulf, gully, heavy sin, hiatus, hole, impropriety, incise, incision, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infract, infraction, infringe ...
... hour, have qualms, hem and haw, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hiatus, hindrance, hold, hold off, hold up, hold-up, holdup, holiday ...