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Definitions of open:

• noun:   information that has become public

  Example: "All the reports were out in the open"

• noun:   a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
• noun:   a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

  Example: "Finally broke out of the forest into the open"

• noun:   where the air is unconfined

  Example: "The concert was held in the open air"

• verb:   display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
• verb:   begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

  Example: "He opened the meeting with a long speech"

• verb:   start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

  Example: "Open a business"

• verb:   have an opening or passage or outlet

  Example: "The bedrooms open into the hall"

• verb:   make available

  Example: "This opens up new possibilities"

• verb:   become available

  Example: "An opportunity opened up"

• verb:   make the opening move

  Example: "Kasparov opened with a standard opening"

• verb:   cause to open or to become open

  Example: "Mary opened the car door"

• verb:   become open

  Example: "The door opened"

• verb:   afford access to

  Example: "The door opens to the patio"

• verb:   spread out or open from a closed or folded state

  Example: "Open the map"

• adjective:   sincere and free of reserve in expression

  Example: "Please be open with me"

• adjective:   lax in enforcing laws

  Example: "An open town"

• adjective:   without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

  Example: "The clarity and resonance of an open tone"

• adjective:   affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

  Example: "An open door"

• adjective:   affording free passage or access

  Example: "Open drains"

• adjective:   used of mouth or eyes

  Example: "Keep your eyes open"

• adjective:   having no protecting cover or enclosure

  Example: "An open boat"

• adjective:   of a set; containing points whose neighborhood consists of other points of the same set, or being the complement of an open set; of an interval; containing neither of its end points
• adjective:   open to or in view of all

  Example: "An open protest"

• adjective:   accessible to all

  Example: "Open season"

• adjective:   not sealed or having been unsealed

  Example: "The letter was already open"

• adjective:   not secret

  Example: "Open plans"

• adjective:   not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

  Example: "An open question"

• adjective:   ready for business

  Example: "The stores are open"

• adjective:   not having been filled

  Example: "The job is still open"

• adjective:   receptive to new ideas

  Example: "An open mind"

• adjective:   opened out

  Example: "An open newspaper"

• adjective:   relatively empty of and unobstructed by fences or hedges or headlands or shoals

  Example: "In open country"

• adjective:   openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

  Example: "An open and trusting nature"

• adjective:   affording free passage or view
• adjective:   used of string or hole or pipe of instruments
• adjective:   open and observable; not secret or hidden
• adjective:   with no protection or shield

  Example: "Open to the weather"

• adjective:   (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

  Example: "An open texture"

• adjective:   possibly accepting or permitting

  Example: "Open to interpretation"

• adjective:   without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

  Example: "Open disregard of the law"

• adjective:   not defended or capable of being defended

  Example: "An open city"