| Verb | 1. | open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"unbar - remove a bar from (a door, for example) break open - open with force; "He broke open the the picnic basket" click open - open with a clicking sound; "These keys have clicked open many doors" reopen - open again or anew; "They reopened the theater" unlock - open the lock of; "unlock the door" unbolt - undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door" unseal - break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" jimmy, lever, prise, pry, prize - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" lance - open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil" | |
| 2. | open up - become available; "an opportunity opened up"come up, arise - occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" | |
| 3. | open up - make available; "This opens up new possibilities"yield, afford, give - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" | |
| 4. | open up - open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"innovate, introduce - bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced" | |
| 5. | open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" | |
| 6. | open up - become open; "The door opened"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" unfasten - become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened" fly open - come open suddenly; "the doors flew open in the stroang gust" | |
| 7. | open up - talk freely and without inhibition | |