Definition of open

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Open (v. t.) To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand..

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Mantrap :: Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall..
Ca–ada :: Ca–ada (n.) A small ca–on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts..
Ambulatory :: Ambulatory (n.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building..
Shopen :: Shopen () p. p. of Shape.
Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat..
Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..
Collimator :: Collimator (n.) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used..
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example..
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Anus :: Anus (n.) The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled..
Unfold :: Unfold (v. t.) To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth..
Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..
Freeness :: Freeness (n.) The state or quality of being free; freedom; liberty; openness; liberality; gratuitousness.
Glut :: Glut (n.) Something that fills up an opening; a clog.
Plain :: Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies..
Yawn :: Yawn (n.) The act of opening wide, or of gaping..
Manifest :: Manifest (a.) A public declaration; an open statement; a manifesto. See Manifesto.
Open :: Open (v. t.) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
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