opened (verb)
11open up — verb a) To open. Some vacancies have opened up due to retirements. b) To reveal oneself; to become communicative. Retirements have opened up some vacancies …
12come to grips — verb deal with (a problem or a subject) (Freq. 4) I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents • Syn: ↑get to grips • Hypernyms: ↑manage, ↑deal, ↑care, ↑handle …
13get the better of — verb win a victory over You must overcome all difficulties defeat your enemies He overcame his shyness He overcame his infirmity Her anger got the better of her and she blew up • Syn: ↑overcome, ↑defeat …
14occidentalize — verb make western in character The country was Westernized after it opened up • Syn: ↑occidentalise, ↑westernize, ↑westernise • Ant: ↑orientalise (for: ↑occidentalise), ↑ …
15westernise — verb make western in character The country was Westernized after it opened up • Syn: ↑occidentalize, ↑occidentalise, ↑westernize • Ant: ↑orientalise (for: ↑occidentalise) …
16throw to the wind — verb To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner. Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors …
17goffer — verb /ˈɡɒfə/ To make wavy; to crimp. On the back of a chair beside the bed sits perched above the discarded chip hat something apparently precious and taken from the opened bundle on the floor: a flat white cambric hat, its fronts and sides… …
18repurpose — verb a) To reuse for a different purpose, on a long term basis, without alteration. The town common was repurposed as a practice field. b) To alter to make more suited for a different purpose. The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting… …
19steam up — verb a) To become steamy. The bathroom mirror steamed up when he opened the shower door. b) To become coated with condensation. To fog up …
20sit up — verb a) To assume a sitting position from a position lying down. Despite being sick, Lorin sat up to greet the visitors. b) To sit erect. She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she… …
