“openeth” is a form of
open
UK /ˈəʊ.pən/ · US /ˈoʊ.pən/ adjective, verb, noun
Forms opener openest opens opening opened openedst openeth
- adjective Able to have something pass through or along it. “Come in – the door's open.”
- adjective Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside. “The jewellery box was lying open.”
- adjective Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted. “She greeted them with open arms.”
- adjective Of a space, free of objects and obstructions. “It was a large, open room.”
- adjective (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body. “an open fracture”
- adjective (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- adjective (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- adjective Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping. “open sandwich”
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position. “Turn the doorknob to open the door.”
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility. “The icebreaker opened the channel.”
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered. “You can open your eyes now!”
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position. “to open a closed fist”
- verb (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- verb (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand. “Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush.”
- verb (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- verb (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- noun (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location. “I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!”
- noun (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view. “We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open.”
- noun (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing. “The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing.”
- noun A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status. “the Australian Open”
Synonyms
open-face open-faced free accessible unimpeded raise start bare unseal clear outdoors out-of-doors open air surface open up unfold spread spread out afford give unfastened exposed opened assailable undefendable undefended loose undecided undetermined unresolved
Antonyms
closed shut without prejudice checked closed-source proprietary bare close
Etymology
Adjective from Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”).
* Scots apen (“open”)
* Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”)
* West Frisian iepen (“open”)
* Cimbrian offe (“open”)
* Dutch open (“open”)
* German offen (“open”)
* Vilamovian ufa, uffa (“open”)
* Yiddish אָפֿן (ofn, “open”)
* Danish åben (“open”)
* Icelandic opinn (“open”)
* Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”)
* Swedish öppen (“open”)
Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.
Verb from Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (“to raise; lift; open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”, adjective). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eepenje (“to open”), West Frisian iepenje (“to open”), Dutch openen (“to open”), German öffnen (“to open”), Danish åbne (“to open”), Swedish öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic opna (“to open”). Related to English up.
Noun from Middle English open (“an aperture or opening”), from the verb. In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; --applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead.
- adjective Free to be used, enjoyed, visited, or the like; not private; public; unrestricted in use; as, an open library, museum, court, or other assembly; liable to the approach, trespass, or attack of any one; unprotected; exposed.
- noun Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or obstructions; open ocean; open water. "To sail into the open." Jowett (Thucyd. ).
- To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room; to open a letter.
Etymology [AS. open; akin to D. open, OS. opan, G. offan, Icel. opinn, Sw. öppen, Dan. aaben, and perh. to E. up. Cf. Up, and Ope.]
Etymology [AS. openian. See Open,a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “open”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details