open

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   ready for business

   the stores are open

2. 2
   adj

   not having been filled

   the job is still open

3. 3
   adj

   without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

   the clarity and resonance of an open tone

4. 4
   adj

   affording free passage or access

   open drains

5. 5
   adj

   used of mouth or eyes

   keep your eyes open

6. 6
   adj

   having no protecting cover or enclosure

   an open boat

7. 7
   adj

   open to or in view of all

   an open protest

8. 8
   adj

   accessible to all

   open season

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”). Cognates * 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'…