Open and Plugged

Open

Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.
Usage example: thank you for clearing out the hallway so that it's open again

Plugged is an antonym for open.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Plugged

Plugged adjective - Completely obstructed or closed off.

Open is an antonym for plugged in stop up topic.

Nearby Words: plug, plugging, pluggable

Both words in one sentence

  • The twist is that the source of the sand is plugged up, until you bust it open yourself.
  • In the OG saga, this is shown in OG Gaiden, where she goes through all the plugging in the ODE System, got plugged out of her mecha forcefully by Kyosuke, shot down in open air, later got plugged out again by Axel... all while butt naked.
  • Bee Afraid The Pink Panther: In "Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing" the Pink Panther once tried to hide from some pesky bees he'd annoyed by jumping into a hollow tree; the bees simply plugged up the open end with a rock, slipped into cracks in the trunk and proceeded to give the Panther what for.
    Source: Bee Afraid
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