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About OPEN
OPEN is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- where the air is unconfined
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
verb
- cause to open or to become open
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- become open
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- make available
- become available
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- make the opening move
- afford access to
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
adjective
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- affording free passage or access
- with no protection or shield
- open to or in view of all
- used of mouth or eyes
- not having been filled
- accessible to all
- not defended or capable of being defended
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- possibly accepting or permitting
- affording free passage or view
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- ready for business
Synonyms
Also: out-of-doors, open air, open up, spread out, heart-to-heart.
Not playable in Scrabble US: UNDEFENDABLE.