Open. obsolete
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To open; used only in poetry, and probably a contracted word.
Open.
To open.
An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it.
A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia, / Anthea, sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles.
1. OPEN , a o'pn.
2. Unclosed; not shut; as, the gate is open; an open door or window; an open book; open eyes.
3. Spread; expanded. He received his son with open arms.
4. Unsealed; as an open letter.
5. Not shut or fast; as an open hand.
6. Not covered; as the open air; an open vessel.
7. Not covered with trees; clear; as an open country or field.
8. Not stopped; as an open bottle.
9. Not fenced or obstructed; as an open road.
11. An open and warm winter portendeth a hot and dry summer.
12. Johnson interprets open in this passage, by not cloudy, not gloomy. I think the definition wrong. In America, an open winter is one in which the earth is not bound with frost and covered with snow.
13. Public; before a court and its suitors. His testimony was given in open court.
14. Admitting all persons without restraint; free to all comers. He keeps open house at the election.
15. Clear of ice; as, the river or the harbor is open
16. Plain; apparent; evident; public; not secret or concealed; as an open declaration; open avowal; open shame; open defiance. The nations contend to open war or in open arms.
18. He was held a man open and of good faith.
19. His generous, open undesigning heart.
20. Not clouded; not contracted or frowning; having an air of frankness and sincerity; as an open look.
21. With aspect open shall erect his head.
22. Not hidden; exposed to view.
23. We are to exercise our thoughts and lay open the treasures of divine truth.
24. Ready to hear or receive what is offered.
25. His ears are open to their cry. Psalms 34:15 .
26. Free to be employed for redress; not restrained or denied; not precluding any person.
27. The law is open Acts 19:38 .
28. Exposed; not protected; without defense. The country is open to the invaders.
29. - Hath left me open to all injuries.
30. Attentive; employed in inspection.
31. Thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men - Jeremiah 32:11 .
32. Clear; unobstructed; as an open view.
33. Unsettled; not balanced or closed; as an open account.
34. OPEN accounts between merchants.
35. Not closed; free to be debated; as a question open for discussion.
36. In music, an open note is that which a string is tuned to produce.
1. o'pn.
2. To unclose itself; to be unclosed; to be parted.
4. To begin to appear. As we sailed round the point, the harbor opened to our view.
5. To commence; to begin. sales of stock open at par.
6. To bark; a term in hunting.
1. o'pn.
2. To unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk.
3. To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
4. To separate parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
5. To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.
7. To break; to divide; to split or rend; as, the earth was opened in many places by an earthquake; a rock is opened by blasting.
8. To clear; to make by removing obstructions; as, to open a road; to open a passage; the heat of spring opens rivers bound with ice.
9. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
10. To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
11. To begin; to make the first exhibition. The attorney general opens the cause on the part of the king or the state. Homer opens his poem with the utmost simplicity and modesty.
12. To show; to bring to view or knowledge.
13. The English did adventure far to open the north parts of America.
14. To interpret; to explain.
15. - While he opened to us the Scriptures. Luke 24:31 .
16. To reveal; to disclose. He opened his mind very freely.
17. To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
18. To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
19. To enter on or begin; as to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
20. To begin to see by the removal of something intercepted the view; as, we sailed round the point and opened the harbor.
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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement.
10. 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.
11. Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.
12. 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.
13. Produced by an open string; as, an open tone.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water.
1. To unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be parted.
3. To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy.
4. To bark on scent or view of the game.
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.
2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
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 a case in court, or a meeting.
6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton by separating the fibers.
Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
Generous; liberal; munificent.
o'pned. Unclosed; unbarred; unsealed; uncovered; revealed; disclosed; made plain; freed from obstruction.
1. o'pner.
2. One that opens or removed any fastening or covering.
3. One that explains; an interpreter.
4. That which separates; that which rends.
5. An aperient in medicine.
One who, or that which, opens.
o'pnhanded. Generous; liberal; munificent.
With frankness; without reserve.
1. o'pning.
2. A breach; an aperture; a hole or perforation.
3. A place admitting entrance; as a bay or creek.
4. Dawn; first appearance or visibleness; beginning of exhibition or discovery.
5. The opening of your glory was like that of light.
o'pning. Unclosing; unsealing; uncovering; revealing; interpreting.
1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
1. o'pnly.
3. How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness and worldly lusts!
4. Plainly; evidently; without reserve or disguise.
Opening Roget’s Thesaurus §260
N. hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction|, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary|, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion|, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe-partout
V. open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge, fly open, perforate, pierce, empierce|, tap, bore, drill, mine, tunnel, transpierce, transfix, enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch, stave in, cut a passage through, make way for, make room for, uncover, unclose, unrip, lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open, pop open, blow open, pry open, tear open, pull open
Adj. open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient
Int. open sesame
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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”