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open up
Overview of verb open-up
The verb open up has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (2) open, open up -- (cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door")
2. (2) open, open up -- (become available; "an opportunity opened up")
3. (2) open, open up -- (make available; "This opens up new possibilities")
4. (1) pioneer, open up -- (open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students")
5. open, open up -- (start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business")
6. open, open up -- (become open; "The door opened")
7. open up -- (talk freely and without inhibition)
Antonyms of verb open-up
1 of 7 senses of open up
Sense 7
open up
Antonym of close up (Sense 4)
=>close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb open-up
7 senses of open up
Sense 1
open, open up
Sense 2
open, open up
=> arise, come up
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 3
open, open up
=> yield, give, afford
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 4
pioneer, open up
=> introduce, innovate
=> initiate, pioneer
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 5
open, open up
Sense 6
open, open up
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 7
open up
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb open-up
3 of 7 senses of open up
Sense 1
open, open up
=> unbar
=> break open
=> click open
=> reopen
=> unlock
=> unbolt
=> unseal
=> uncork
=> pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy
=> gap, breach
=> lance
Sense 5
open, open up
=> establish, set up, found, launch
Sense 6
open, open up
=> unfasten
=> fly open
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb open-up
7 senses of open up
Sense 1
open, open up
Sense 2
open, open up
=> arise, come up
Sense 3
open, open up
=> yield, give, afford
Sense 4
pioneer, open up
=> introduce, innovate
Sense 5
open, open up
Sense 6
open, open up
=> change state, turn
Sense 7
open up
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
'Cause To' of verb open-up
2 of 7 senses of open up
Sense 1
open, open up
=> open, open up
Sense 3
open, open up
=> open, open up
Derived Forms of verb open-up
Domain of verb open-up
Domain Terms of verb open-up
Familiarity of verb open-up
open up used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb open-up
7 senses of open up
Sense 1
open, open up
EX: They want to open up the doors
Sense 2
open, open up
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
open, open up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
pioneer, open up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
open, open up
EX: The business is going to open up
Sense 6
open, open up
EX: The doors open up
Sense 7
open up
EX: Sam and Sue open up
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb open-up
5 of 7 senses of open up
Sense 2
open, open up
> arise, come up
=> condense
=> open, open up
=> come up
Sense 3
open, open up
> yield, give, afford
=> open, open up
=> leave, allow for, allow, provide
Sense 4
pioneer, open up
> introduce, innovate
=> phase in
=> pioneer, open up
=> debut
Sense 6
open, open up
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 7
open up
> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
=> read
=> vocalize, vocalise, phonate
=> troll
=> begin
=> lip off, shoot one's mouth off
=> shout
=> whisper
=> peep
=> speak up
=> snap, snarl
=> enthuse
=> speak in tongues
=> swallow
=> verbalize, verbalise
=> whiff
=> talk of, talk about
=> blubber, blubber out
=> drone, drone on
=> bumble, stutter, stammer, falter
=> rasp
=> blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate
=> tone, inflect, modulate
=> deliver, present
=> generalize, generalise
=> chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
=> chatter
=> yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
=> open up
=> snivel, whine
=> murmur
=> mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
=> slur
=> bark
=> bay
=> rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave
=> hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate
=> cackle
=> babble
=> tone, chant, intone
=> gulp
=> sing
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb open-up
Sense 1
open, open up
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Sense 2
open, open up
=> arise, come up
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Sense 3
open, open up
=> yield, give, afford
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Sense 4
pioneer, open up
=> introduce, innovate
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Sense 5
open, open up
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Sense 6
open, open up
=> change state, turn
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Sense 7
open up
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
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