The Collaborative International Dictionary
Open \O"pen\, n.
Open or unobstructed space; clear land, without trees or
obstructions; open ocean; open water. ``To sail into the
open.''
--Jowett (Thucyd.).
Then we got into the open.
--W. Black.
In open, In th open, in full view; without concealment;
openly. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.
Usage examples of "in open".
When the north-east gale had passed over, there ensued a few days of sullen calm, permitting the people to lead their ordinary life in open air.
Quickly, he examined the bombs resting in open crates next to the artillery engines.
He'd have to prostrate himself before the Emperor, or stand in open rebellion.
Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars in open space?
What Other could look at the biting acid beauty of the stars in open space?
And the same testimony to their backwardness in open battle reached me from all sides.
She kept thinking of how it would haunt them, knowing that the people they had known and loved lay crumbling in open air.
But to these tales Gerard had given little heed, considering it improbable that such creatures would fare abroad in open daylight.
The scents of the blooms in vendors' displays and window planters along the streets blended with the odors of fruits and strange foods being cooked on curbside stalls and in open shops to produce a constantly changing background of exotic aromas that made him heady.
It seems the Uzbek police who were charged with the security of the refugees were actually stealing and looting the refugees' possessions piled in open cars at the back of the train as the Tajiks watched helplessly from the passenger cars in front.
They are in the form of an ordinary door, (a single, not a folding door) except that the upper half is latticed or worked in open trellis&mdash.
Thence the battle circled back over Niagara, and then suddenly the Germans, as if at a preconcerted signal, broke and dispersed, going east, west, north, and south, in open and confused flight.
They were in open, barren land a short distance from the edge of Moscow.