Definition
Meaning of 'free'
Meaning of 'free' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Free 
[ a.]
- 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. [ a.]- To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
- To frank.
2. Free [ adv.]
- Freely; willingly. [ adv.]- Without charge; as, children admitted free.
3. Free [ superl.]
- 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. [ superl.]- 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.
- Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
- Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
- Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
- Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
- Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
- Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
- Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
- Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
- Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
- Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
- Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
- 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.
- Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
- 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.
- Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
- Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
- Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
Meaning of 'free' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. free [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- people who are free
- people who are free
Example in sentence:
- the home of the free and the brave
2. free [ v]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- free or remove obstruction from
- free or remove obstruction from
Example in sentence:
- free a path across the cluttered floor
Meaning (3):
- let off the hook
- let off the hook
Example in sentence:
- I absolve you from this responsibility
Meaning (4):
- part with a possession or right
- part with a possession or right
Example in sentence:
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest;
- resign a claim to the throne
Meaning (5):
- make (assets) available
- make (assets) available
Example in sentence:
- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Meaning (6):
- make (information) available for publication
- make (information) available for publication
Example in sentence:
- release the list with the names of the prisoners
Meaning (7):
- relieve from
- relieve from
Example in sentence:
- Rid the house of pests
Meaning (8):
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
Example in sentence:
- She exempted me from the exam
Meaning (9):
- remove or force out from a position
- remove or force out from a position
Example in sentence:
- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble;
- The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums
3. free [ a]
[ a]Meaning (10):
- not held in servitude
- not held in servitude
Example in sentence:
- after the Civil War he was a free man
Meaning (11):
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Example in sentence:
- a free choice;
- a free country;
- a free port;
- feel free to stay as long as you wish;
- free enterprise;
- free of racism;
- free will;
- I have an hour free
Meaning (12):
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
Example in sentence:
- a free electron;
- free expansion;
- free oxygen
4. free [ r]
[ r]Meaning (13):
- without restraint
- without restraint
Example in sentence:
- cows in India are running loose
5. free [ s]
[ s]Meaning (14):
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- not taken up by scheduled activities
Example in sentence:
- a free hour between classes;
- spare time on my hands
Meaning (15):
- not occupied or in use
- not occupied or in use
Example in sentence:
- a free lane;
- a free locker
Meaning (16):
- not literal
- not literal
Example in sentence:
- a free translation of the poem;
- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
Meaning (17):
- costing nothing
- costing nothing
Example in sentence:
- complimentary tickets;
- free admission
Meaning (18):
- not fixed in position
- not fixed in position
Example in sentence:
- he pulled his arm free and ran;
- the detached shutter fell on him
Meaning (19):
- completely wanting or lacking
- completely wanting or lacking
Example in sentence:
- innocent of literary merit;
- the sentence was devoid of meaning;
- writing barren of insight;
- young recruits destitute of experience
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