A Quick and Simple Dictionary

opening

1. Noun.  A hole; a gap; a crevice.
2. Noun.  (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
3. Noun.  An unoccupied employment position.
4. Noun.  The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
5. Noun.  The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
6. Noun.  The first few measures of a musical composition.
7. Noun.  A time available for an appointment.
8. Noun.  (sports) A chance to make progress in a game, for example to score a goal.
9. Verb.  (present participle of, open) .
10. Adjective.  (cricket) (non-gloss definition, describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who [[open the attack) .