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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

open out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To expand, to widen, to unwrap, unfold or uncover, to spread out from a compact state.
    • Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient. 1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:
    • To obtain the required overhead clearance at Stockport, it will be necessary to open out the Edgeley tunnels. 1958 July 14, “Bridge Reconstruction for L.M.R. Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 488:
  2. To facilitate wider access or expand options.
    • The plan will open out the region for trade.
  3. To increase the amount of air in an engine, such as by pressing on the accelerator to open a throttle plate or butterfly valve.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
opening out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
opened out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
opened out Tense=Past lexicographic
opens out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (4)

mi whakakaupeka (to expand or widen) · mi kaupeka (to expand or widen) · mi tāwaewae (to expand or widen) · mi tūhāngai (to expand or widen)