Definition of Free
Adjective: free (freer,freest) free
- Able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
"free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
- Costing nothing
"free admission";
- complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous, courtesy
- (physics) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
"free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
- Not occupied or in use
"a free locker"; "a free lane"
- Not fixed in position
"he pulled his arm free and ran";
- detached
- Not held in servitude
"after the Civil War he was a free man"
- Not taken up by scheduled activities
"a free hour between classes";
- spare
- Completely wanting or lacking
"writing free of insight";
- barren, destitute, devoid, innocent, empty
- Not literal
"a free translation of the poem";
- loose, liberal
- Grant freedom to; free from confinement
- liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
- Relieve from
"free the house of pests";
- rid, disembarrass
- Remove or force out from a position
"He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble";
- dislodge
- Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
"She freed me from the exam";
- exempt, relieve
- Make (information) available for publication
"free the list with the names of the prisoners";
- release
- Release from obligations or duties
- discharge
- Remove obstruction from
"free a path across the cluttered floor";
- disengage
- Let off the hook
"I free you from this responsibility";
- absolve, justify
- Part with a possession or right
- release, relinquish, resign, give up
- (chemistry) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- release, liberate
- Make (assets) available
"free the holdings in the dictator's bank account";
- unblock, unfreeze, release
- People who are free
"the home of the free and the brave";
- free people
- Without restraint
"cows in India are running free";
- loose
See also:
Fredericton
freebase
Anagrams containing the word free