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OPENED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made open or clear
Example:
the newly opened road
Classified under:
Similar:
open (affording free passage or access)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used of mouth or eyes
Example:
his mouth slightly opened
Synonyms:
open; opened
Classified under:
Similar:
agape; gaping (with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe)
agaze; staring ((used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder)
wide; wide-eyed ((used of eyes) fully open or extended)
yawning (with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not sealed or having been unsealed
Example:
the opened package lay on the table
Synonyms:
open; opened
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unsealed (not closed or secured with or as if with a seal)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb open
Context examples:
Too many thousands of opened books yawned between them and him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I had opened the volume with some expectation of a revelation, though of what nature I could not imagine.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Such were my thoughts when the door of my apartment was opened and Mr. Kirwin entered.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
"Warm and steady," was his remark: he turned the key and opened the door.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
For the first time, the temple's main sanctuary, known as the Holy of Holies, was opened.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
He gathered the empty pails and cooking pots together and opened the door.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He opened the big box, and Dorothy saw that it was filled with spectacles of every size and shape.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
One was an atlas, which I found opened naturally at England, as if that map had been much used.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I finished my work and had opened the door to leave, when he spoke to me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Now your eyes will be opened, and you see each project in their largest possible manifestation.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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