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开 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blossom noun A flower, especially one that grows on a fruit tree.
  • burgeon verb To increase or develop.
  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • enable verb To give someone the ability, means, or authority to do something.
  • on prep Positioned at, upon, or touching the surface of something.
  • open adjective Not closed, blocked, or sealed — allowing entry, passage, or view.
  • open up phrasal verb To start talking freely about feelings, worries or private matters that you had been keeping to yourself.
  • prosper verb To succeed or do well, especially financially.

Senses

开 is used for these senses in English:

  • blossom (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
  • burgeon (intransitive) To grow or expand.
  • discharge (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
  • drive (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  • enable (chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
  • on In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
  • on To an operating state.
  • open (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.

blossom — full definition

  1. noun A flower, especially one that grows on a fruit tree.
  2. verb To produce flowers; to bloom.
  3. verb To develop and flourish over time.

burgeon — full definition

  1. verb To increase or develop.
  2. verb To swell until close to bursting.
  3. verb For a plant to put out buds or start to flower.
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