free

(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)

adjective

1. not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

- free enterprise

- a free port

- a free country

Similar word(s): unbound, unconfined, independent, escaped, loose, autonomous, independent, sovereign, available, uncommitted, atrip, aweigh, clear, emancipated, liberated, footloose, unconfined, unimprisoned, unconstrained, unhampered, unrestricted, free, unrestrained, unrestricted

2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

- free expansion

- free oxygen

- a free electron

Similar word(s): liberated, unbound

3. costing nothing

- free admission

Similar word(s): unpaid, complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous

4. not occupied or in use

- a free locker

- a free lane

Similar word(s): unoccupied

5. not fixed in position

- he pulled his arm free and ran

Similar word(s): unfixed, detached

6. not held in servitude

- after the Civil War he was a free man

Similar word(s): free, freeborn, slaveless

7. not taken up by scheduled activities

- a free hour between classes

Similar word(s): unoccupied, spare

8. completely lacking.

Similar word(s): nonexistent, barren, destitute, devoid, innocent

9. not literal

- a free translation of the poem

Similar word(s): inexact, liberal, loose

Sentences with free as an adjective:

- He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.

- a free man

- He's very free with his money.

- free time

- a free school

- This is a free country.

- OpenOffice is free software.

- The government provides free health care.

- Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!

- the free group on three generators

- is the free variable in .

- the drain was free

- a free radical

- You can sit on this chair; it's free.

- In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.

- We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.

- a free horse

adverb

1. without restraint

Similar word(s): loose

Sentences with free as an adverb:

- I got this bike free.

noun

1. people who are free

- the home of the free and the brave

Definition categories: group, people

verb

1. grant freedom to; free from confinement

Similar word(s): liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen

Definition categories: social

2. relieve from

Similar word(s): disembarrass, rid

Definition categories: possession

3. remove or force out from a position

- He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble

Similar word(s): dislodge

Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw

4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

Similar word(s): exempt, relieve

Definition categories: social

5. make (information) available for publication

Similar word(s): release

Definition categories: social, issue, supply

6. free from obligations or duties

Similar word(s): discharge

Definition categories: social

7. free or remove obstruction from

- free a path across the cluttered floor

Similar word(s): disengage

Definition categories: contact

8. let off the hook

Similar word(s): absolve

Definition categories: communication, forgive

9. part with a possession or right

Similar word(s): release, relinquish, resign

Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach

10. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

Similar word(s): liberate, release

Definition categories: creation, generate

11. make (assets) available

Similar word(s): release, unblock, unfreeze

Definition categories: change, issue, supply