open
To move from a closed position.
How often you will meet it
Rank 302 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 70,191 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.033% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- To move from a closed position.
open in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The bag was open under her eyes.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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In case of a refusal, Lady Tadminster might open it the first day, and Mrs. Crosbie the second.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Gluck fitted the slice into the mutton again, with desperate efforts at exactitude, and ran to open the door.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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If the buttery-hatch at court stood continually open, there would be nothing so passionate crowding, nor hot suit after the beverage.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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Suddenly she flashed to the window and threw it open and beat on the stone sill and dragged her hands across it.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1