Open

Tamil Meaning

English Meaning

1. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.
2. Affording unobstructed passage or view: open waters; the open countryside.
3. Having no protecting or concealing cover: an open wound; an open sports car.
4. Completely obvious; blatant: open disregard of the law.
5. Carried on in full view: open warfare; open family strife.
6. Sports Not closely defended by an opponent: an open receiver.
7. Not sealed or tied: an open package.
8. Spread out; unfolded: an open book.
9. Having interspersed gaps, spaces, or intervals: open ranks; an open weave.
10. Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants: an open competition.
11. Free from limitations, boundaries, or restrictions: open registration.
12. Enterable by registered voters regardless of political affiliation: an open primary.
13. Computer Science Of or relating to a file that can be accessed.
14. Lacking effective regulation: an open town in which gambling predominated.
15. Not legally repressed: open drug trafficking.
16. Susceptible; vulnerable: open to interpretation; an issue that is open to question.
17. Willing to consider or deal with something: open to suggestions.
18. Available; obtainable: The job is still open.
19. Available for use: an open account; the only course open to us.
20. Ready to transact business: The store is open.
21. Not engaged or filled: has an open hour for emergency cases.
22. Not yet decided; subject to further thought: an open question.
23. Characterized by lack of pretense or reserve; candid: Please be open with me. See Synonyms at frank1.
24. Free of prejudice; receptive to new ideas and arguments: She listened to the proposal with an open mind.
25. Generous: He is very open with his time.
26. Printing Widely spaced or leaded. Used of typeset or other printed matter.
27. Printing Having constituent elements separated by a space in writing or printing: The word sea horse is an open compound.
28. Music Not stopped by a finger. Used of a string or hole of an instrument.
29. Music Produced by an unstopped string or hole or without the use of slides, valves, or keys: an open note on a trumpet.
30. Music Played without a mute: an open wind instrument.
31. Linguistics Articulated with the tongue in a low position, as the vowel in far.
32. Linguistics Ending in a vowel or diphthong: an open syllable.
33. Designating a method of punctuation in which commas and other marks are used sparingly.
34. Being in operation; live: an open microphone.
35. New England Clear. Used of weather. See Regional Note at fair1.
36. Electricity Containing a gap across which electricity cannot pass: an open circuit.
37. Mathematics Of or relating to an interval containing neither of its endpoints.
38. Mathematics Of or being a set such that at least one neighborhood of every point in the set is within the set.
39. Mathematics Of or being a set that is the complement of a closed set.
40. Sports Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot: an open batting stance.
41. Sports Held or swung with the top or outer edge of the striking face pointing slightly farther away from the objective than the lower or inner edge: The club struck the ball with an open face, causing a slice.
42. Physics Of or relating to a model of the universe in which there is not sufficient matter to halt its expansion.
43. To release from a closed or fastened position.
44. To remove obstructions from; clear.
45. To make or force an opening in: open an old wound.
46. To form spaces or gaps between: soldiers opening ranks.
47. To break the continuity of; make a gap in: open a circuit.
48. To remove the cover, cork, or lid from.
49. To remove the wrapping from; undo.
50. To unfold so that the inner parts are displayed; spread out: open a newspaper.
51. To get (something) going; initiate: open a campaign.
52. To commence the operation of: open a new business.
53. Games To begin (the action in a game of cards) by making the first bid, placing the first bet, or playing the first lead.
54. To make available for use: opened the area to commercial development; opened the computer file and retrieved some data.
55. To make more responsive or understanding.
56. To reveal the secrets of; bare.
57. Sports To modify (one's stance), as in baseball or golf, so that it is open.
58. Law To recall (an order or judgment) for a reexamination of its merits.
59. To become open: The door opened slowly.
60. To draw apart; separate: The wound opened under pressure.
61. To spread apart; unfold.
62. To come into view; become revealed: The plain opened before us.
63. To become receptive or understanding.
64. To begin; commence: The meeting opened with a call to order.
65. To begin business or operation: The store opens early on Saturday.
66. To be performed, shown, or made available to the public for the first time: The play opens next week.
67. To be priced or listed at a specified amount when trading begins: Shares opened high and fell sharply.
68. Games To make a bid, bet, or lead in starting a game of cards.
69. To give access: The room opens onto a terrace.
70. An unobstructed area of land or water.
71. The outdoors: camping in the open.
72. An undisguised or unconcealed state: brought the problem out into the open.
73. A tournament or contest in which both professional and amateur players may participate.
74. open up To spread out; unfold: A green valley opened up before us.
75. open up To begin operation: The new store opens up next month.
76. open up To begin firing: The artillery opened up at dawn.
77. open up Informal To speak freely and candidly: At last the frightened witness opened up and told the truth.
78. open up To make an opening in by cutting: The surgeon opened up the patient's chest.
79. open up To make available or accessible: open up new markets.
80. open up Informal To accelerate. Used of a motor vehicle.
81. open fire To begin firing on.
82. open (one's) eyes To become aware of the truth of a situation.