OPEN, OPENED
ADJECTIVES
► ADAPERTILE easy to be opened → 1731 obs.
► BAREFACED unconcealed, undisguised, open → 1605 arch.
► ON THE CRACK slightly open, ajar → 1892 Amer. dial.
► OPE open → a1250 arch. and poetic usage
► OUT FRONT open, honest → 1950s sl., orig. US
► PANDICULATED stretched out, opened, extended → 1775
► THROUGH-OPEN open throughout → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THRUFFABLE open throughout → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNCLOSE open, not closed → c1400
► UP FRONT honest, open, frank → 1967 US sl.
► YAWN-MOUTHED gaping, wide open → 1861
NOUNS
► AGORAMANIA a mania for open spaces → 1991 (Bk.)
► CENOPHOBIA ► KENOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of a void or open spaces → 1991 (Bk.)
VERBS
► BAT to open and close → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLARE to open wide → 1912 Amer. dial.
► CRACK to open a bottle or can for the purpose of drinking; hence, to open → 1773 Amer. sl.
► DUB to open a door → 1699 sl. obs.
► DUP to open → a1549 arch.
► GAPE to open → 1607 jocular usage
► LEESE to loosen, to unloose; to unfasten, to open; to relax the body → c1250 obs.
► OPE to open → c1430 chiefly poetic usage
► PAISE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift → 1783 Eng. dial.
► PATULICATE to be opened, or made wide; to become open, to expand → 1656 obs.
► PAZE to raise with a lever; to force open; to lift → 1783 Eng. dial.
► PEEL to pry something open → 1968 US sl.
► RANFORCE to force, to break open → 1637 obs.
► SCAT ABROAD to open, to enlarge → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TO-DO to put asunder, to divide, to separate; to undo, to open → a839 obs.
► UNCLAP to open up → 1621 obs.
► UNCLOSE to make open, to cause to open → a1300
► UNDUB to open or unfasten; to unlock → 1753 criminals’ sl.
► UNOPEN to open → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNSLOUGH to unlock, to unfasten, to unbutton, to open → 1848 US criminals’ sl.
► UNSTECK to undo the fastenings of a door; to open, to unclose → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAW to be wide open; to yawn → 1596 Eng. dial.
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