not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.<\/p>\n
(of a door, gate, window sash, or the like) set so as to permit passage through the opening it can be used to close.<\/p>\n
having no means of closing or barring: an open portico.<\/p>\n
having the interior immediately accessible, as a box with the lid raised or a drawer that is pulled out.<\/p>\n
relatively free of obstructions to sight, movement, or internal arrangement: an open floor plan.<\/p>\n
constructed so as to be without cover or enclosure on the top or on some or all sides: an open boat.<\/p>\n
having relatively large or numerous spaces, voids, or intervals: an open architectural screen; open ranks of soldiers.<\/p>\n
perforated or porous: an open texture.<\/p>\n
relatively unoccupied by buildings, fences, trees, etc.: open country.<\/p>\n
not covered or closed; with certain parts apart: open eyes; open mouth.<\/p>\n
without a covering, especially a protective covering; unprotected; unenclosed; exposed: an open wound; open electrical wires.<\/p>\n
extended or unfolded: an open newspaper.<\/p>\n
without restrictions as to who may participate: an open competition; an open session.<\/p>\n
accessible or available to follow: the only course still open to us.<\/p>\n
not taken or filled; not preempted; available; vacant: Which job is open?<\/p>\n
ready for or carrying on normal trade or business: The new store is now open. The office is open on Saturdays.<\/p>\n
not engaged or committed: Have you any open time on Monday?<\/p>\n
accessible, as to appeals, ideas, or offers: to be open to suggestion.<\/p>\n
exposed to general view or knowledge; existing, carried on, etc., without concealment: open disregard of the rules.<\/p>\n
acting publicly or without concealment, as a person.<\/p>\n
unreserved, candid, or frank, as persons or their speech, aspect, etc.: an open manner.<\/p>\n
generous, liberal, or bounteous: to give with an open hand.<\/p>\n
liable or subject: open to question; open to retaliation.<\/p>\n
undecided; unsettled: several open questions.<\/p>\n
without effective or enforced legal, commercial, or moral regulations: an open town.<\/p>\n
unguarded by an opponent: an open wide receiver.<\/p>\n
noting the part of the sea beyond headlands or enclosing areas of land: to sail on the open seas.<\/p>\n
free of ice, as a body of water or a seaport.<\/p>\n
free of navigational hazards: an open coast.<\/p>\n
(of a seaport) available for foreign trade; not closed by government regulations or by considerations of health.<\/p>\n
(of a microphone) in operation; live.<\/p>\n
not yet balanced or adjusted, as an account.<\/p>\n
not constipated, as the bowels.<\/p>\n
free from frost; mild or moderate: an open winter.<\/p>\n
Animal Husbandry. (of a female animal) not pregnant.<\/p>\n
Textiles. (of a fabric or weave) so loosely woven that spaces are visible between warp and filling yarns.<\/p>\n
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