English to English
free
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adjective (a)
- able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint(adj.all)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30 - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion(adj.all)Example:
Free expansion.
Free oxygen.
A free electron.
source: wordnet30 - not held in servitude(adj.all)Example:
After the Civil War he was a free man.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- people who are free(noun.group)Example:
The home of the free and the brave.
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adverb (r)
- without restraint(adv.all)source: wordnet30
- Freely; willingly.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- costing nothing(adj.all)Example:
Free admission.
source: wordnet30 - not occupied or in use(adj.all)Example:
A free locker.
A free lane.
source: wordnet30 - not fixed in position(adj.all)Example:
He pulled his arm free and ran.
source: wordnet30 - not taken up by scheduled activities(adj.all)Example:
A free hour between classes.
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verb (v)
- part with a possession or right(verb.possession)source: wordnet30
- make (assets) available(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913