Scrabble?! OPEN

Definitions of OPEN in various dictionaries:

noun - a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

noun - where the air is unconfined

noun - a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

noun - information that has become public

verb - cause to open or to become open

verb - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

verb - become open

verb - begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

verb - spread out or open from a closed or folded state

verb - make available

verb - become available

verb - have an opening or passage or outlet

verb - make the opening move

verb - afford access to

verb - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

adj - affording unobstructed entrance and exit

adj - affording free passage or access

adj - with no protection or shield

adj - open to or in view of all

adj - used of mouth or eyes

adj - not having been filled

adj - accessible to all

adj - not defended or capable of being defended

adj - (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

adj - having no protecting cover or enclosure

adj - (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

adj - not brought to a conclusion

adj - not sealed or having been unsealed

adj - without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

adj - ready or willing to receive favorably

adj - open and observable

adj - not requiring union membership

adj - possibly accepting or permitting

adj - affording free passage or view

adj - openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

adj - ready for business

Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.

Affording unobstructed passage or view: open waters; the open countryside.

Having no protecting or concealing cover: an open wound; an open sports car.

Completely obvious; blatant: open disregard of the law.

Carried on in full view: open warfare; open family strife.

Not sealed or tied: an open package.

Spread out; unfolded: an open book.

Having interspersed gaps, spaces, or intervals: open ranks; an open weave.

Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants: an open competition.

Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions: open registration.

Enterable by registered voters regardless of political affiliation: an open primary.

Lacking effective regulation: an open town in which gambling predominated.

Not legally repressed: open drug trafficking.

Susceptible; vulnerable: open to interpretation; an issue that is open to question.

Willing to consider or deal with: open to suggestions.

Available; obtainable: The job is still open.

Available for use: an open account; the only course open to us.

Ready to transact business: The store is open.

Not engaged or filled: has an open hour for emergency cases.

Not yet decided; subject to further thought: an open question.

See Synonyms at frank1.

Free of prejudice; receptive to new ideas and arguments: She listened to the proposal with an open mind.

Generous: He is very open with his time.

Printing.

Widely spaced or leaded.

Having constituent elements separated by a space in writing or printing: The word sea gull is an open compound.

Music.

Not stopped by a finger.

Produced by an unstopped string or hole or without the use of slides, valves, or keys: an open note on a trumpet.

Played without a mute: an open wind instrument.

Articulated with the tongue in a low position, as the vowel in far.

Ending in a vowel or diphthong: an open syllable.

Designating a method of punctuation in which commas and other marks are used sparingly.

Being in operation; live: an open microphone.

Clear.

Containing a gap across which electricity cannot pass.

Mathematics.

Of or relating to an interval containing neither of its endpoints.

Of, relating to, or being a set such that at least one neighborhood of every point in the set is within the set.

Of, relating to, or being a set that is the complement of a closed set.

To release from a closed or fastened position.

To remove obstructions from; clear.

To make or force an opening in: open an old wound.

To form spaces or gaps between: soldiers opening ranks.

To remove the cover, cork, or lid from.

To remove the wrapping from; undo.

To unfold so that the inner parts are displayed; spread out: open a newspaper.

To get (something) going; initiate: open a campaign.

To commence the operation of: open a new business.

To begin (the action in a game of cards) by making the first bid, placing the first bet, or playing the first lead.

To make available for use: opened the area to commercial development.

To make more responsive or understanding.

To reveal the secrets of; bare.

To recall (an order or a judgment) for a reexamination of its merits.

To become open: The door opened slowly.

To draw apart; separate: The wound opened under pressure.

To spread apart; unfold.

To come into view; become revealed: The plain opened before us.

To become receptive or understanding.

To begin; commence: The meeting opened with a call to order.

To begin business or operation.

To give the first public performance: The play opens next week.

To make a bid, bet, or lead in starting a game of cards.

To give access: The room opens onto a terrace.

An unobstructed area of land or water.

The outdoors: camping in the open.

An undisguised or unconcealed state: brought the problem out into the open.

A tournament or contest in which both professional and amateur players may participate.

To spread out; unfold: A green valley opened up before us.

To begin operation: The new store opens up next month.

To begin firing: The artillery opened up at dawn.

To speak freely and candidly: At last the frightened witness opened up and told the truth.

To make an opening in by cutting: The surgeon opened up the patient’s chest.

To make available or accessible: open up new markets.

To accelerate.

To begin operation: The new store opens up next month.

To begin firing: The artillery opened up at dawn.

adj - affording unobstructed access, passage, or view

adj - to cause to become open [v -ED, -ING, -S] : OPENABLE