Open
Definition of Open
O´pen | a. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | Free or cleared of obstruction to progress or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open sea. | | 4. | Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an open flower; an open prospect. | | 5. | 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. | | 6. | 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 source code.His thefts are too open. - Shak. | | 6. | 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. | | 7. | Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an open account; an open question; to keep an offer or opportunity open. | | 8. | Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement. | | 9. | (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; - said of vowels; as, the än fär is open as compared with the ā in sāy. | | 10. | (Mus.) 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 vowel | | See Open, a., 9. |
| | n. | 1. | Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.Then we got into the open. - W. Black. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. And all the windows of my heartI open to the day. - Whittier. | | 2. | To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand. | | 3. | To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain. | | 4. | To make known; to discover; also, to render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc. | | 5. | To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to open an investigation; to open a case in court, or a meeting. | | 6. | To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers. | | v. i. | 1. | To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted. | | 2. | To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed; as, the harbor opened to our view. | | 3. | To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy. | | 4. | (Sporting) To bark on scent or view of the game. |
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