free, loose, liberal
(adjective) not literal; “a loose interpretation of what she had been told”; “a free translation of the poem”
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
(adjective) completely wanting or lacking; “writing barren of insight”; “young recruits destitute of experience”; “innocent of literary merit”; “the sentence was devoid of meaning”
free
(adjective) unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; “free expansion”; “free oxygen”; “a free electron”
detached, free
(adjective) not fixed in position; “the detached shutter fell on him”; “he pulled his arm free and ran”
free
(adjective) not limited or 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”
free
(adjective) not held in servitude; “after the Civil War he was a free man”
free
(adjective) not occupied or in use; “a free locker”; “a free lane”
spare, free
(adjective) not taken up by scheduled activities; “a free hour between classes”; “spare time on my hands”
complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous
(adjective) costing nothing; “complimentary tickets”; “free admission”
loose, free
(adverb) without restraint; “cows in India are running loose”
free, free people
(noun) people who are free; “the home of the free and the brave”
unblock, unfreeze, free, release
(verb) make (assets) available; “release the holdings in the dictator’s bank account”
absolve, free
(verb) let off the hook; “I absolve you from this responsibility”
free, disengage
(verb) free or remove obstruction from; “free a path across the cluttered floor”
dislodge, free
(verb) remove or force out from a position; “The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums”; “He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble”
release, free, liberate
(verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
(verb) part with a possession or right; “I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”; “resign a claim to the throne”
rid, free, disembarrass
(verb) relieve from; “Rid the house of pests”
free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
(verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement
free, discharge
(verb) free from obligations or duties
free, release
(verb) make (information) available for publication; “release the list with the names of the prisoners”
exempt, relieve, free
(verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; “She exempted me from the exam”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
free (comparative freer, superlative freest)
(social) Unconstrained.
He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
Synonyms: unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered
Antonyms: constrained, restricted
Not imprisoned or enslaved.
a free man
Antonyms: bound, enslaved, imprisoned
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
Synonyms: unreserved, frank, communicative
Generous; liberal.
He's very free with his money.
(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
Without obligations.
free time
Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.
a free school
Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.
This is a free country.
(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
OpenOffice is free software.
Synonym: libre
Antonym: proprietary
(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
Obtainable without any payment.
The government provides free health care.
It's free real estate.
Synonyms: free of charge, gratis
(by extension, chiefly, advertising slang) complimentary
Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
(abstract) Unconstrained.
(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
the free group on three generators
(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
is the free variable in .
Antonym: bound
(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
Synonym: unbound
Antonym: bound
(linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
(physical) Unconstrained.
Unobstructed, without blockages.
the drain was free
Synonyms: clear, unobstructed
Antonyms: blocked, obstructed
Unattached or uncombined.
a free radical
Synonyms: loose, unfastened, Thesaurus:loose
Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
You can sit on this chair; it's free.
(botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains.
Synonym: without
(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
a free horse
(dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
(UK, legal, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
free service; free socage
(legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
a free fishery; a free warren
• unfree
• -free
free (comparative more free, superlative most free)
Without needing to pay.
I got this bike free.
Synonyms: for free, for nothing
(obsolete) Freely; willingly.
free (third-person singular simple present frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed)
(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
• befree
• emancipate
• let loose
• liberate
• manumit
• release
• unchain
• unfetter
• unshackle
free (plural frees)
(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
free transfer
(hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
• feer, fere, reef
Free (plural Frees)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Free is the 3586th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9923 individuals. Free is most common among White (86.82%) individuals.
• feer, fere, reef
Source: Wiktionary
Free, a. [Compar. Freer; superl. Freest.] Etym: [OE. fre, freo, AS. freĂł, fri; akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fri, G. frei, Icel. fri, Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved, dear, fr. pri to love, Goth. frij. Cf. Affray, Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty. That which has the power, or not the power, to operate, is that alone which is or is not free. Locke.
2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go. Set an unhappy prisoner free. Prior.
5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will. Not free, what proof could they have given sincere Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love. Milton.
6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Dryden.
7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative. He was free only with a few. Milward.
8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense. The critics have been very free in their censures. Felton. A man may live a free life as to wine or women. Shelley.
9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of. Princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties. Bp. Burnet.
11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of. He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free of his farm. Dryden.
14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school. Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For me as for you Shak.
15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a government, institutions, etc.
17. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage. Burrill.
18. (Law)
Definition: Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren. Burrill.
19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells. Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.
– Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.
– Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale.
– Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.
– Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg.
– Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.] Bouvier.
– Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or statical condition; free electricity.
– Free church. (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without charge. (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the government in spiritual matters.
– Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in its government and franchises, as formerly those of the Hanseatic league.
– Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. South.
– Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of formalities. [Colloq.] "Sal and her free and easy ways." W. Black.
– Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty.
– Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from that of slaves.
– Free port. (Com.) (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free of custom duty. (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.
– Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds.
– Free school. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school.
– Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. Burrill.
– Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.
– Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain services which, though honorable, were not military. Abbott.
– Free States, those of the United States before the Civil War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never existed.
– Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.
– Free thought, that which is thought independently of the authority of others.
– Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff regulations.
– Free trader, one who believes in free trade.
– To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's self to. [Colloq.] -- To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the wind.
Free, adv.
1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.] I as free forgive you As I would be forgiven. Shak.
2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.
Free, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n. Freeing.] Etym: [OE. freen, freoien, AS. freĂłgan. See Free, a.]
1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences. Clarendon. Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. Dryden. Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke. Milton.
2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of. This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to his person. Dryden.
3. To frank. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
