free (
http://definr.com/free)
adj 1: 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" [ant:
unfree]
2: (chemistry and physics) unconstrained or not chemically
bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively
unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a
free electron" [ant:
bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets" [syn:
complimentary,
costless,
gratis(p),
gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn:
detached]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant:
slave(a)]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn:
spare]
8: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn:
loose,
liberal]
n : people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
[syn:
free people]
adv : without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn:
loose]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn:
liberate,
release,
unloose,
loose] [ant:
confine]
2: relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn:
rid,
disembarrass]
3: 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" [syn:
dislodge] [ant:
lodge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn:
exempt,
relieve]
[ant:
enforce]
5: make available or free for sale or publication [syn:
release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn:
discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from [syn:
disengage] [ant:
obstruct]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
[syn:
absolve,
justify] [ant:
blame]
9: part with [syn:
release,
relinquish,
give up]
10: make available, as of assets; or free for sale or
publication [syn:
unblock,
unfreeze,
release] [ant:
freeze,
freeze]