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| O"pen |
| [AS. open; akin to
D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn,
Sw. öppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up.
Cf. Up, and Ope.] |
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.
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.
Free or cleared of obstruction to progress
or to view; accessible; as, an open tract; the open
sea.
Not drawn together, closed, or contracted;
extended; expanded; as, an open hand; open arms; an
open flower; an open prospect.
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.
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.
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determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration; as, an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.
Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to
keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an
engagement.
Uttered
with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; -- said of
vowels; as, the än fär is open as compared
with the  in s y.
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.
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Open or unobstructed
space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open
water.
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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.
To spread; to expand; as, to open
the hand.
To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to
explain.
To make known; to discover; also, to
render available or accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
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.
To loosen or make less compact; as, to
open matted cotton by separating the fibers.
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To
unclose; to form a hole, breach, or gap; to be unclosed; to be
parted.
To expand; to spread out; to be disclosed;
as, the harbor opened to our view.
To begin; to commence; as, the stock
opened at par; the battery opened upon the
enemy.
To bark on scent or view
of the game.
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