[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

open \o"pen\ v. t. imp.  p. p. opened; p. pr.  vb. n.
   opening. as. openian. see open,a.
   1. to make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;
      to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering
      from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;
      to open a letter.
      1913 webster

            and all the windows of my heart
            i open to the day.                    --whittier.
      1913 webster

   2. to spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
      1913 webster

   3. to disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
      1913 webster

            the king opened himself to some of his council, that
            he was sorry for the earl's death.    --bacon.
      1913 webster

            unto thee have i opened my cause.     --jer. xx. 12.
      1913 webster

            while he opened to us the scriptures. --luke xxiv.
                                                  32.
      1913 webster

   4. to make known; to discover; also, to render available or
      accessible for settlements, trade, etc.
      1913 webster

            the english did adventure far for to open the north
            parts of america.                     --abp. abbot.
      1913 webster

   5. to enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open
      fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to
      open an investigation; to open a case in court, or a
      meeting.
      1913 webster

   6. to loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton
      by separating the fibers.
      1913 webster

   to open one's mouth, to speak.

   to open up, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.
      1913 webster

            poetry that had opened up so many delightful views
            into the character and condition of our "bold
            peasantry, their country's pride."    --prof.
                                                  wilson.
      1913 webster
see also:
opened opening open to open one's mouth to speak to open up 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

opening \o"pening\, n.
   1. the act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;
      first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
      1913 webster

            the opening of your glory was like that of light.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. a place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap;
      cleft, or hole.
      1913 webster

            we saw him at the opening of his tent. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. hence: an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
      colloq. --dickens.
      1913 webster

   4. hence: a vacant place; a job which does not have a current
      occupant; as, they are now interviewing candidates for the
      two openings in the department.
      pjc

   5. a thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst
      of a forest; a clearing; as, oak openings. u.s.
      --cooper.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

opening
     adj : first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of
           beethoven's fifth"; "the play's opening scene" ant: closing
     n 1: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a
          small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a
          gap in the wall" syn: gap
     2: a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
     3: becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms
        was the sign i was waiting for"
     4: the first performance as of a theatrical production; "the
        opening received good critical reviews" syn: opening
        night, curtain raising
     5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his
        cautious opening of the door" ant: shutting
     6: opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there
        is an opening in the sales department"
     7: the initial part of the introduction; "the opening
        established the basic theme"
     8: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
        syn: possibility, possible action
     9: an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the
        orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
        heart" syn: orifice, porta
     10: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left
         a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
     11: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway
         between decks of a ship syn: hatchway, scuttle
     12: the first of a series of actions; "he memorized all the
         important chess openings" syn: first step, initiative,
          opening move
see also:
closing gap opening night curtain raising shutting possibility 
possible action orifice porta hatchway scuttle 
first step initiative opening move 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

296 moby thesaurus words for "opening":
   a leg up, abysm, abyss, access, adit, air lock, aisle, alley,
   alpha, ambulatory, aperture, apparition, appearance, appearing,
   appointment, approach, arcade, arising, arroyo, artery, avatar,
   avenue, bareness, barrenness, beginning, berth, billet, birth,
   blankness, blast-off, bleakness, blowhole, box canyon, breach,
   break, canyon, cavity, chance, channel, chap, chasm, check,
   chimney, chink, chute, clear stage, cleft, cleuch, cloister,
   clough, col, colonnade, coming, coming into being, coming-forth,
   commencement, communication, conduit, connection, corridor, coulee,
   couloir, covered way, crack, cranny, creation, crevasse, crevice,
   cut, cutting edge, cwm, dawn, dawning, debouch, debut, defile,
   dell, demonstration, desertedness, desolateness, dike, disclosure,
   discontinuity, display, ditch, donga, door, draw, edge, egress,
   emergence, employment, emptiness, emunctory, enactment, engagement,
   entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, epiphany, escape,
   establishment, estuary, excavation, exhaust, exhibit, exhibition,
   exit, exposition, exposure, fair field, fair game, fault, ferry,
   fissure, flaw, floodgate, flume, flying start, foothold, ford,
   forthcoming, foundation, fracture, fresh start, furrow, gallery,
   gangplank, gangway, gap, gape, gash, gig, gorge, groove, gulch,
   gulf, gully, hall, hole, hollowness, in, inanition, inauguration,
   incarnation, incision, incumbency, ingress, initiation, inlet,
   institution, intake, interchange, intersection, issuance, job,
   joint, jump-off, junction, kick-off, kloof, lane, launch,
   leading edge, leak, liberty, look-in, loophole, manifestation,
   materialization, materializing, means of access, moat,
   moonlighting, new departure, noninhabitance, nonoccupance,
   nonoccupancy, nonresidence, notch, nullah, occasion, occurrence,
   office, oncoming, onset, open arms, open door, opportunism,
   opportunity, orifice, origin, origination, ostentation, out,
   outbreak, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, outset,
   outstart, overpass, pass, passage, passageway, performance, pit,
   place, place open, pore, port, portico, position, post,
   presentation, presentment, production, projection, railroad tunnel,
   ravine, realization, rent, representation, retrospective,
   revelation, rift, rime, rise, rising, room, running start, rupture,
   sally port, scissure, scope, seam, second job, send-off,
   separation, service, setout, setting in motion, setting-up, shot,
   show, showing, showing forth, situation, slit, slot, sluice,
   spiracle, split, spout, square one, squeak, start, start-off,
   starting point, station, stepping-stone, take-off, tap, tenure,
   theophany, time, traject, trajet, trench, tunnel, underpass,
   unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, vacancy, vacant post, vacuity,
   valley, varnishing day, vent, ventage, venthole, vernissage,
   vestibule, void, voidness, vomitory, wadi, way, way in, way out,
   weir

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