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# open

verb (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open»

«open» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#m1)
2. Open means not closed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#m2)
3. A shop or place is open when people can go in and use it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#m3)
4. Open means not covered or not fenced in: the open sea, open fields. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#m4)
5. To open can mean to start: «The show opens on Friday». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: a story action (open a box, a shop opens); times when a shop is open; sometimes a count found inside; an «open» shape has a gap and is not a closed shape. In everyday life: opening hours, opening presents, «open the window». In science: an open circuit has a gap, so no current flows. In stories: «the door creaked open».

### Examples

- She opens a box with 12 crayons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x1)
- The shop opens at 9 and closes at 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x2)
- How many hours is the shop open? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x3)
- He opened 3 presents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x4)
- Please open your books at page 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x5)
- The window is open, so it is cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x6)
- A circle is a closed shape, but a «C» is open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x7)
- The new library opens next month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x8)
- Do not open the door to strangers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x9)
- At midnight the cottage door opened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/#x10)

### Note

«Opens at … closes at …» asks for time between them: subtract. Opening a box shows how many are inside. Trap: count hours carefully across noon. Opposite: close or shut, closed. In an electric circuit, «open» means broken (off), the opposite of everyday sense. Safety: do not open the door or messages from strangers.

## In Jewish tradition

Tradition reads God's opening Rachel's womb as a sign that He remembers and answers prayer. In Proverbs "open rebuke" is praised as better than love that is hidden, because honest correction helps a person.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads God's opening Rachel's womb as a sign that He remembers and answers prayer. The sages value open, honest correction over silent affection.

### Examples

- This shall be to them the open land about the cities. (Torah NUM.35.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x1)
- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x2)
- And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x3)
- Who can open the doors of his face? (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x4)
- Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.' (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x5)
- Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/#x6)

### Note

«Opens at … closes at …» asks for time between them: subtract. Opening a box shows how many are inside. Trap: count hours carefully across noon. Opposite: close or shut, closed. In an electric circuit, «open» means broken (off), the opposite of everyday sense. Safety: do not open the door or messages from strangers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «open» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/open/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«open» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/open.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «open» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/open/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«open» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/open.html) on Mova free.