open and above board Definition

open
adj

1a. Said of a door or barrier, etc: not closed or locked;

Thesaurus: wide, rent, ajar.
1b. Said of a building or an enclosed space, etc: allowing people or things to go in or out; with its door or gate, etc not closed or locked.

Thesaurus: accessible, clear; Antonym: blocked, obstructed.
2a. Said of a container, etc: not sealed or covered;
2b. Said of a container, etc: with the insides visible.

Example: an open cupboard
3a. Said of a space or area of land, etc: not enclosed, confined or restricted;

Example: the open sea
3b. Said of a space or area of land, etc: unobstructed.

Example: an open view
4. Not covered, guarded or protected.

Example: an open wound
5. Expanded, spread out or unfolded.

Example: an open newspaper
6. Said of a shop, etc: receiving customers; ready for business.
7a. Said of a river or port, etc: free from ice or frost; unfrozen;
7b. Said of a river or port, etc: not closed for any other reason.
8. Said of the climate or a season: free from frost.
9a. sport.
Said of a player: not marked by a member of the opposing team;
9b. sport.
Said of a goal, etc: unguarded or unprotected;
9c. sport.
Said of a game or style of play, etc: with the action or players spread out over the field of play.
10a. phonetics.
Said of a vowel: produced with the tongue positioned low in the mouth;
10b. phonetics.
See separate entry open syllable.
11. Said of cloth or a texture, etc: with a lot of small openings or gaps; loose.
12a. music.
Said of a string: not stopped by a finger;
12b. music.
Said of a note: played on an open string, or without holes on the instrument being covered.
13a. math.
See separate entry open set;
13b. math.
Said of an interval in the real line: without either of its end points.
14. astron.
Said of the universe: with a negative or zero radius of curvature; always expanding; infinite.
15. Generally known; public.

Thesaurus: obvious, apparent, well-known, public, plain, candid, disclosed, divulged; Antonym: secret.
16. Liable or susceptible to it; defenceless against it.

Example: leave oneself open to abuse
Form: open to something (usually)
17. Said of a competition: not restricted; allowing anyone to compete or take part, especially both amateurs and professionals.
18. Free from restraint or restrictions of any kind.

Example: the open fishing season
Thesaurus: public, admissible, permitted, allowed, welcoming; Antonym: restricted.
19. Said of a problem or discussion, etc: not finally decided; still to be settled.
20. Unprejudiced.

Example: have an open mind
21. Amenable to or ready to receive (eg new ideas or impressions).

Example: open to suggestion
Form: open to something (usually)
22. Said of a person: ready and willing to talk honestly; candid.

verb opened, opening

1a. To unfasten or move (eg a door or barrier) to allow access;
intr
1b. Said of a door or barrier, etc: to become unfastened to allow access.
tr & intr
2. To become or make something become open or more open, eg by removing obstructions, etc.

Thesaurus: clear, free, loosen, disengage, breach, penetrate, jimmy, expose, reveal; Antonym: close, bar, lock.
tr & intr
3. To spread it out or become spread out or unfolded, especially so as to make or become visible.

Form: open out (also)
Form: open something out
tr & intr
4. To start or begin working.

Example: The office opens at nine
Thesaurus: begin, initiate, start, commence, launch, set in motion, prepare, present.
5. To declare something open with an official ceremony.

Example: open the new hospital
Thesaurus: inaugurate, launch.
tr & intr
6. To begin or start speaking or writing, etc.

Example: opened his talk with a joke
7. To arrange (a bank account, etc), usually by making an initial deposit.
tr & intr
8. cricket.
To begin (the batting) for one's team.
intr
9. law.
Said of legal counsel: to make a preliminary statement about a case before beginning to call witnesses.
10. cards.
To bet or bid on a hand first.

noun

1. An area of open country; an area not obstructed by buildings, etc.

Form: the open
2. Public notice or attention (especially bring something into the open or out into the open).

Form: the open
3. A sports contest which both amateurs and professionals may enter.

Example: the British Open
Form: Open

Derivative: openable
adj

Derivative: opener

See separate entries.

Derivative: openly

In an open way.

Without trying to hide anything; in a direct and honest manner.
Thesaurus: frankly, blatantly, candidly, straightforwardly, honestly, publicly; shamelessly, immodestly.

Derivative: openness
noun

Idiom: open and above board

Thoroughly honest or legal.

Idiom: open fire

To start shooting.

Idiom: with open arms

Warmly; cordially.
Example: welcomed him with open arms

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

Phrasal Verb: open into or onto something

To provide access to it.

Phrasal Verb: open out or up

To begin to reveal one's feelings and thoughts or to behave with less restraint.

Phrasal Verb: open up

To open the door.To open a shop for the day.To start firing.Said of a game, etc: to become more interesting as it develops.

Phrasal Verb: open something up

To make it more accessible or available.Said especially of a vehicle or engine, etc: to increase its speed.

Phrasal Verb: open up something

To someone to reveal (one's thoughts or mind, etc) to them.