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Adverb
  • without restraint
    • cows in India are running loose
Noun
  • people who are free
    • the home of the free and the brave
Verb
  • make (assets) available
    • release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
  • release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
  • part with a possession or right
    • I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
    • resign a claim to the throne
  • let off the hook
    • I absolve you from this responsibility
  • free or remove obstruction from
    • free a path across the cluttered floor
  • free from obligations or duties
  • make (information) available for publication
    • release the list with the names of the prisoners
  • grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
    • She exempted me from the exam
  • 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
  • relieve from
    • Rid the house of pests
  • grant freedom to; free from confinement
Adjective
  • not literal
    • a loose interpretation of what she had been told
    • a free translation of the poem
  • completely wanting or lacking
    • writing barren of insight
    • young recruits destitute of experience
    • innocent of literary merit
    • the sentence was devoid of meaning
  • not taken up by scheduled activities
    • a free hour between classes
    • spare time on my hands
  • not held in servitude
    • after the Civil War he was a free man
  • not fixed in position
    • the detached shutter fell on him
    • he pulled his arm free and ran
  • not occupied or in use
    • a free locker
    • a free lane
  • costing nothing
    • complimentary tickets
    • free admission
  • unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
    • free expansion
    • free oxygen
    • a free electron
  • 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
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