open
part of speech
verb (open, opens, opened, opening); adjective (open); noun in «in the open»
meaning for a pupil
1) To open is to move something so you can go in or see inside: open a door, open a box. tree →
2) Open means not closed. tree →
3) A shop or place is open when people can go in and use it. tree →
4) Open means not covered or not fenced in: the open sea, open fields. tree →
5) To open can mean to start: «The show opens on Friday». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- This shall be to them the open land about the cities. (Torah NUM.35.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. (Torah GEN.30.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who can open the doors of his face? (Writings JOB.41.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.' (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden. (Writings PRO.27.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- She opens a box with 12 crayons. tree →
- The shop opens at 9 and closes at 5. tree →
- How many hours is the shop open? tree →
- He opened 3 presents. tree →
- Please open your books at page 10. tree →
- The window is open, so it is cold. tree →
- A circle is a closed shape, but a «C» is open. tree →
- The new library opens next month. tree →
- Do not open the door to strangers. tree →
- At midnight the cottage door opened. tree →
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 the corpora
- And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
- And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
- And the LORD saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
- Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «open» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.