Definition of opens Opens
/owˈpʌnz/ - [owpunz] -
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Wiktionary 
- opens (Noun)
Plural of open.
Part of speech
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| open - a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water; "finally broke out of the forest into the open" | ||
| clear | ||
| country, area the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" | ||
| open - information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" | ||
| surface | ||
| general knowledge, public knowledge knowledge that is available to anyone | ||
| open - a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play | ||
| tourney, tournament a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner | ||
| open - where the air is unconfined; "he wanted to get outdoors a little"; "the concert was held in the open air"; "camping in the open" | ||
| outdoors, out-of-doors, open air | ||
| exterior, outside the outer side or surface of something | ||
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| open - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" | ||
| open up | ||
| shut, close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| unbar remove a bar from (a door) | ||
| break open open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket" | ||
| click open open with a clicking sound; "These keys have clicked open many doors" | ||
| reopen open again or anew; "They reopened the theater" | ||
| unlock become unlocked; "The door unlocked from the inside" | ||
| unbolt undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door" | ||
| unseal break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" | ||
| uncork draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" | ||
| jimmy, lever, prise, prize, pry hold dear; "I prize these old photographs" | ||
| gap, breach make an opening or gap in | ||
| lance open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil" | ||
| open - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.; "He opened the meeting with a long speech" | ||
| close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| embark on, start up, commence, start play in the starting lineup | ||
| pioneer, open up open up and explore a new area; "pioneer space" | ||
| inaugurate be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period" | ||
| call to order open formally; "the chairman called the meeting to order by pounding his gavel" | ||
| open - become open; "The door opened" | ||
| open up | ||
| shut, close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | ||
| unfasten become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened" | ||
| fly open come open suddenly; "the doors flew open in the strong gust" | ||
| open - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" | ||
| open up | ||
| close down, shut down, close up, fold, close refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" | ||
| found, launch, establish, set up smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| open - make available; "This opens up new possibilities" | ||
| open up | ||
| open up, open talk freely and without inhibition | ||
| afford, yield, give be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" | ||
| open - make the opening move; "Kasparov opened with a standard opening" | ||
| move, go go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
| chess game, chess a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king | ||
| open - have an opening or passage or outlet; "The bedrooms open into the hall" | ||
| open - become available; "an opportunity opened up" | ||
| open up | ||
| arise, come up result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | ||
| open - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer | ||
| close finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | ||
| display, exhibit, expose attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals | ||
| open - spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the map"; "spread your arms" | ||
| unfold, spread, spread out | ||
| fold up, fold, turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter" | ||
| undo cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions" | ||
| divaricate spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers" | ||
| exfoliate grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate" | ||
| grass shoot down, of birds | ||
| butterfly cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp" | ||
| uncross change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs" | ||
| splay spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the table" | ||
| open - afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" | ||
| afford, give | ||
Adjectiveopen, openner, opennest |
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| open - affording free passage or access; "open drains"; "the road is open to traffic"; "open ranks" | ||
| closed not open or affording passage or access; "the many closed streets made travel difficult"; "our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains" | ||
| unfastened, open not closed or secured; "the car door was unfastened"; "unfastened seatbelts" | ||
| unsealed not closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "unsealed goods"; "the letter arrived unsealed" | ||
| opened made open or clear; "the newly opened road" | ||
| unstoppered (of a container) having the stopper removed; "whiskey spilled from the unstoppered bottle" | ||
| open - used of mouth or eyes; "keep your eyes open"; "his mouth slightly opened" | ||
| opened | ||
| shut, closed not open; "the door slammed shut" | ||
| agape, gaping with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe; "the gaping audience"; "we stood there agape with wonder"; "with mouth agape" | ||
| agaze, staring (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder; "staring eyes" | ||
| wide-eyed, wide (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes" | ||
| open - affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed; "an open door"; "they left the door open" | ||
| unfastened | ||
| unopen, shut, closed not open; "the door slammed shut" | ||
| open ready for business; "the stores are open" | ||
| ajar slightly open; "the door was ajar" | ||
| open - without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition; "the clarity and resonance of an open tone"; "her natural and open response" | ||
| unconstricted not constricted physically or by extension psychologically; "healthy unconstricted arteries" | ||
| open - having no protecting cover or enclosure; "an open boat"; "an open fire"; "open sports cars" | ||
| unenclosed not closed in our surrounded or included; "an unenclosed porch"; "unenclosed common land" | ||
| open - (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| open - open to or in view of all; "an open protest"; "an open letter to the editor" | ||
| public affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare" | ||
| open - accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy" | ||
| unrestricted free of restrictions on conduct; "I had unrestricted access" | ||
| open - ready for business; "the stores are open" | ||
| open - not having been filled; "the job is still open" | ||
| open - not sealed or having been unsealed; "the letter was already open"; "the opened package lay on the table" | ||
| opened | ||
| open - not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" | ||
| undecided, undetermined, unresolved | ||
| open - not requiring union membership; "an open shop employs nonunion workers" | ||
| open - ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" | ||
| receptive | ||
| unreceptive not receptive | ||
| acceptant, acceptive inclined to accept rather than reject; "she was seldom acceptive of my suggestions" | ||
| admissive characterized by or allowing admission; "an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes" | ||
| assimilative capable of mentally absorbing ; "assimilative processes", "assimilative capacity of the human mind" | ||
| open - open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots" | ||
| overt | ||
| covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" | ||
| explicit, expressed precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes" | ||
| unconcealed not concealed or hidden; "her unconcealed hostility poisoned the atmosphere"; "watched with unconcealed curiosity" | ||
| public affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare" | ||
| barefaced, bald lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman" | ||
| naked, raw lacking any cover; "naked branches of the trees"; "lie on the naked rock" | ||
| undisguised plain to see; "undisguised curiosity" | ||
| open - affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear path to victory"; "open waters"; "the open countryside" | ||
| clear | ||
| unobstructed free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance; "an unobstructed view" | ||
| open - openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" | ||
| candid, heart-to-heart | ||
| ingenuous, artless characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" | ||
| open - not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack" | ||
| assailable, undefendable, undefended | ||
| vulnerable capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body" | ||
| open - possibly accepting or permitting; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" | ||
| capable, subject | ||
| susceptible (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" | ||
| open - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave" | ||
| loose | ||
| open - with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound" | ||
| exposed | ||
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Wiktionary
- open (Noun)
A sports event in which anybody can contest; as, the Australian Open. - open (Noun)
A wire that is broken midway. - open (Noun)
With the Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. - open (Noun)
With the Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view. - open (Verb)
To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible. - open (Verb)
To bring up a topic. - open (Verb)
To make accessible to customers or clients. - open (Verb)
To start a campaign. - open (Verb)
To become open. - open (Verb)
To begin conducting business. - open (Verb)
To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen. - open (Verb)
To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker. - open (Verb)
To reveal one's hand. - open (Verb)
To load into memory for viewing or editing. - open (Adjective)
Which is not closed; accessible; unimpeded; as, an open gate. - open (Adjective)
Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business. - open (Adjective)
Receptive. - open (Adjective)
Public; as, an open letter, an open declaration. - open (Adjective)
Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character. - open (Adjective)
Having a free variable. - open (Adjective)
Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X. - open (Adjective)
In current use; mapped to part of memory. - open (Adjective)
Not fulfilled. - open (Adjective)
Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- open (a.)
Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead. - open (a.)
Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed. - open (a.)
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea. - open (a.)
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect. - open (a.)
Without reserve or false pretense; sincere; characterized by sincerity; unfeigned; frank; also, generous; liberal; bounteous; -- applied to personal appearance, or character, and to the expression of thought and feeling, etc. - open (a.)
Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt. - open (a.)
Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter. - open (a.)
Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open. - open (a.)
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement. - open (a.)
Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of vowels; as, the an far is open as compared with the a in say. - open (a.)
Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s. - open (a.)
Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length. - open (a.)
Produced by an open string; as, an open tone. - open (n.)
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water. - open (v. t.)
To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter. - open (v. t.)
To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand. - open (v. t.)
To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. - open (v. t.)
To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc. - open (v. t.)
To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open a case in court, or a meeting. - open (v. t.)
To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers. - open (v. i.)
To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted. - open (v. i.)
To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view. - open (v. i.)
To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy. - open (v. i.)
To bark on scent or view of the game.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Not closed, something that has been opened. -
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To make something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible. -
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To spread out or open from a closed or folded state. -
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The act of something that automatically opens. -
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Straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness. -
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To make a hole or a passage unobstructed by removing a cover (like a window sash, door, etc.) from it. -
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To make the opening move, e.g. in chess. -
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To make available. -
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To begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. -
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To start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning (e.g. a business). -
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To cause to open or to become open. -
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To become open.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ō′pn, adj. not shut: allowing one to pass out or in: free from trees: not fenced: not drawn together: spread out: not frozen up: not frosty: free to be used, &c.: public: without reserve: frank: easily understood: generous: liberal: clear: unbalanced, as an account: attentive: free to be discussed.—v.t. to make open: to remove hinderances: to bring to view: to explain: to begin.—v.i. to become open: to unclose: to be unclosed: to begin to appear: to begin.—n. a clear space.—n. O′pener.—adjs. O′pen-eyed (Shak.), watchful; O′pen-hand′ed, with an open hand: generous: liberal.—n. O′pen-hand′edness.—adj. O′pen-heart′ed, with an open heart: frank: generous.—ns. O′pen-heart′edness, liberality: generosity: frankness: candour; O′pening, an open place: a breach: an aperture: beginning: first appearance: opportunity.—adv. O′penly.—adj. O′pen-mind′ed, free from prejudice: ready to receive and consider new ideas.—n. O′pen-mind′edness.—adj. O′pen-mouthed, gaping: greedy: clamorous.—ns. O′penness; O′pen-ses′ame, a form of words which makes barriers fly open—from the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments; O′pen-steek (Scot.), a kind of open-work stitching; O′pen-work, any work showing openings through it for ornament.—adj. open-cast, of mining work in open air.—Open verdict (see Verdict). [A.S. open—up, up; cf. Dut. open—op, Ice. opinn—upp, and Ger. offen—auf.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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debouclé, the situation of a place which is exposed to the wind and sea, with little or no shelter for shipping to anchor therein. -
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ouvert, is also expressed of any distant object, to which the sight or passage is not intercepted by something lying, or coming between. Thus, to be open with any place, is to be opposite to it; as the entry of a port, road, or haven.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The situation of a place which is exposed to the wind and sea. Also, applied in meteorology, to mild weather. Also, open to attack, not protected. Also, said of any distant visible object.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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In military movements and dispositions, this term is frequently used in contradistinction to close; as, open column, open distance, open order, etc. It also constitutes part of a word of command; as, rear rank take open order. By open distance in column is meant that the intervals are always equal in depth to the extent in front of the different component parts of the column.
