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