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Free

friː

Free definitions
verb
frees freeing freed free
  1. release from confinement or slavery

    "they were freed from jail"

    release liberate discharge emancipate set free let go set at liberty set loose let loose turn loose deliver
    • release from physical obstruction or restraint

      "I had to tug hard and at last freed him"

  2. remove something undesirable or restrictive from

    "his inheritance freed him from financial constraints"

  3. make available for a particular purpose

    "we are freeing management time for alternative work"

adjective
freer freest
  1. able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another

    "I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free"

    • able or permitted to take a specified action

      "you are free to leave"

    • (of a state or its citizens or institutions) subject neither to foreign domination nor to despotic government

      "a free press"

    • not a slave

      "the poor among the free men joined the slaves against the rich"

    • denoting an ethnic or political group actively opposing an occupying or invading force, in particular the groups that continued resisting the Germans in the Second World War after the fall of their countries

      "the Free Dutch, Free Polish, and Free Norwegian fleets"

  2. not or no longer confined or imprisoned

    "the researchers set the birds free"

    on the loose at liberty at large
    • not physically obstructed or fixed

      "he tried to kick his legs free"

    • (of power or energy) disengaged or available
    • not bound in an atom, a molecule, or a compound

      "the atmosphere of that time contained virtually no free oxygen"

    • denoting a linguistic form that can be used in isolation
  3. not subject to engagements or obligations

    "she spent her free time shopping"

    unoccupied not at work not working not busy not tied up between appointments off duty off work off on leave on annual leave
    • (of a facility or piece of equipment) not occupied or in use

      "the bathroom was free"

  4. not subject to or affected by (something undesirable)

    "our salsas are free of preservatives"

    unencumbered by unaffected by clear of without devoid of lacking in
  5. given or available without charge

    "free healthcare"

    without charge free of charge for nothing complimentary gratis gratuitous at no cost
  6. using or expending something without restraint; lavish

    "she was always free with her money"

    • frank or unrestrained in speech, expression, or action

      "he was free in his talk of revolution"

    • overfamiliar or forward
  7. (of literature or music) not observing the normal conventions of style or form
    • (of a translation) conveying only the broad sense; not literal
  8. (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction to the side or aft of a vessel