To expose or reveal (something).
To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
To close shutters covering.
To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
To cancel or terminate.
The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
One who shuts or closes something.
Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.