free

Definitions of free in various dictionaries:

noun - people who are free

verb - grant freedom to

verb - relieve from

verb - remove or force out from a position

verb - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

verb - make (information) available for publication

verb - free from obligations or duties

verb - free or remove obstruction from

verb - let off the hook

verb - part with a possession or right

verb - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

verb - make (assets) available

adj - able to act at will

adj - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

adj - costing nothing

adj - not occupied or in use

adj - not fixed in position

adj - not held in servitude

adj - not taken up by scheduled activities

adj - completely wanting or lacking

adj - not literal

adv - without restraint

Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.

Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.

Having political independence: “America... is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world” (Rudolph W.

Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.

Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.

Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.

Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.

Not subject to external restraint: “Comment is free but facts are sacred” (Charles Prestwich Scott).

Not literal or exact: a free translation.

Costing nothing; gratuitous: a free meal.

Publicly supported: free education.

Not occupied or used: a free locker.

Not taken up by scheduled activities: free time between classes.

Unobstructed; clear: a free lane.

Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank.

Taking undue liberties; forward or overfamiliar.

Liberal or lavish: tourists who are free with their money.

Given, made, or done of one’s own accord; voluntary or spontaneous: a free act of the will; free choices.

Chemistry & Physics.

Unconstrained; unconfined: free expansion.

Not fixed in position; capable of relatively unrestricted motion: a free electron.

Not chemically bound in a molecule: free oxygen.

Involving no collisions or interactions: a free path.

Empty: a free space.

Unoccupied: a free energy level.

Favorable: a free wind.

Not bound, fastened, or attached: the free end of a chain.

Being a vowel in an open syllable unchecked by a consonant, as the o in go.

In a free manner; without restraint.

Without charge.

To set at liberty; make free: freed the slaves; free the imagination.

To relieve of a burden, an obligation, or a restraint: a people who were at last freed from fear.

Without charge.

adj - not subject to restriction or control