open
/ˈoʊ.pən/ noun C2- Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. · Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.
- Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view. · We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.
- A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing. · The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status. · the Australian Open
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
Plural opens
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It was, indeed, a great yellow Wildcat, and the Woodman thought it must be chasing something, for its ears were lying close to its head and its mouth was wide open, showing two rows of ugly teeth, while its red eyes glowed like balls of fire.
“I was passing close to the door of the captain’s cabin, which was half open, and I saw him give the packet and letter to Dantès.”
We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantès, who, after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
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