ALL meanings of unopened
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U u - adjective unopened generous, liberal, or bounteous: to give with an open hand. 1
- adjective unopened liable or subject: open to question; open to retaliation. 1
- adjective unopened undecided; unsettled: several open questions. 1
- adjective unopened without effective or enforced legal, commercial, or moral regulations: an open town. 1
- adjective unopened unguarded by an opponent: an open wide receiver. 1
- adjective unopened noting the part of the sea beyond headlands or enclosing areas of land: to sail on the open seas. 1
- adjective unopened free of ice, as a body of water or a seaport. 1
- adjective unopened free of navigational hazards: an open coast. 1
- adjective unopened (of a seaport) available for foreign trade; not closed by government regulations or by considerations of health. 1
- adjective unopened (of a microphone) in operation; live. 1
- adjective unopened (of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the beginning of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: open parenthesis; open quotes. Compare close (def 51). 1
- adjective unopened not yet balanced or adjusted, as an account. 1
- adjective unopened not constipated, as the bowels. 1
- adjective unopened Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively large opening above the tongue or with a relatively large oral aperture, as the vowel sound of cot compared with that in caught. (of a syllable) ending with a vowel. (of a consonant) continuant (opposed to stop). 1
- adjective unopened Linguistics. (of a class of items) readily admitting new members, as the class of nouns, verbs, or adjectives (opposed to closed). 1
- adjective unopened Printing. (of type) in outline form. widely spaced or leaded, as printed matter. 1
- adjective unopened Music. (of an organ pipe) not closed at the far end. (of a string) not stopped by a finger. (of a note) produced by such a pipe or string or, on a wind instrument, without the aid of a slide, key, etc. 1
- adjective unopened Mathematics. (of an interval) containing neither endpoint. (of a set) consisting of points having neighborhoods wholly contained in the set, as the set of points within a circle. (of a map from one topological space to another) having the property that the image of an open set is an open set. 1
- adjective unopened free from frost; mild or moderate: an open winter. 1
- adjective unopened Animal Husbandry. (of a female animal) not pregnant. 1
- adjective unopened Textiles. (of a fabric or weave) so loosely woven that spaces are visible between warp and filling yarns. 1
- verb with object unopened to move (a door, window sash, etc.) from a shut or closed position so as to admit of passage. 1
- verb with object unopened to render (a doorway, gateway, window, etc.) unobstructed by moving a door, window sash, etc., away from it. 1
- verb with object unopened to render the interior of (a box, drawer, etc.) readily accessible. 1
- verb with object unopened to clear (a passage, channel, etc.) of obstructions. 1
- verb with object unopened to clear (areas or passages in the body). 1
- verb with object unopened to give access to; make accessible or available, as for use: to open a port for trade. 1
- verb with object unopened to establish for business purposes or for public use: to open an office. 1
- verb with object unopened to set in action, begin, start, or commence (sometimes followed by up): to open a campaign. 1
- verb with object unopened to uncover, lay bare, or expose to view. 1
- verb with object unopened to expand, unfold, or spread out: to open a map. 1
- verb with object unopened to make less compact, less closely spaced, or the like: to open ranks. 1
- verb with object unopened to disclose, reveal, or divulge. 1
- verb with object unopened to render accessible to knowledge, enlightenment, sympathy, etc.: to open one's mind. 1
- verb with object unopened to cut, blast, or break into: to open a safe with nitro. 1
- verb with object unopened to make or produce (an opening) by cutting or breaking, or by pushing aside or removing obstructions: to open a way through a crowd. 1
- verb with object unopened to make an incision or opening in: to open a boil. 1
- verb with object unopened Law. to recall or revoke (a judgment, decree, etc.) for the purpose of allowing further contest or delay. to make the first statement of (a case) to the court or jury. 1
- verb with object unopened Cards. to begin a hand by making (the first bid), placing (the first bet), or playing (a given card or suit) as the lead. 1
- verb with object unopened Nautical. to sail (a course) so that the apparent location of a distant fixed object changes with relation to a nearer fixed object (sometimes followed by out). 1
- verb without object unopened to become open, as a door, building, box, or enclosure. 1
- verb without object unopened to afford access: a door that opens into a garden. 1
- verb without object unopened to have an opening, passage, or outlet: The room opens into a corridor. 1
- verb without object unopened (of a building, theater, etc.) to open its doors to the public: The museum opens at one o'clock. 1
- verb without object unopened to begin a session or term, as a school. 1
- verb without object unopened to begin a season, series of performances, or tour, as a theatrical company: The play will open in Boston. 1
- verb without object unopened to begin, start, or commence an activity: The game opened with the national anthem. 1
- verb without object unopened to part, or seem to part, so as to allow or reveal a passage: At last the cliffs opened to show us that we were heading for the sea. 1
- verb without object unopened to become disclosed or revealed. 1
- verb without object unopened to come into view; become more visible or plain. 1