Definition of open

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Open (v. i.) To begin; to commence; as, the stock opened at par; the battery opened upon the enemy..

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Affection :: Affection (n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency..
Blooming :: Blooming (a.) Opening in blossoms; flowering.
Pop :: Pop (v. t.) To cause to pop; to cause to burst open by heat, as grains of Indian corn; as, to pop corn or chestnuts..
Unrip :: Unrip (v. t.) To rip; to cut open.
Thoracotomy :: Thoracotomy (n.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Lancet :: Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc..
Flare :: Flare (v. i.) To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein..
Seam :: Seam (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart..
Road :: Road (n.) A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another..
By-lane :: By-lane (n.) A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road..
Cyme :: Cyme (n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms..
Slap :: Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad..
Window :: Window (n.) An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator.
Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A small piece of chain mail at the openings of the joints beneath the arms.
Coamings :: Coamings (n. pl.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges..
Unlatch :: Unlatch (v. i.) To open or loose by lifting the latch; as, to unlatch a door..
Ooze :: Ooze (n.) To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings..
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