FREE
\fɹˈiː], \fɹˈiː], \f_ɹ_ˈiː]\
Definitions of FREE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
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relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
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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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not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
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not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
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make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
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free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
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free from obligations or duties
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make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
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unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
By Princeton University
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costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
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relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
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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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not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
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not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
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make available, as of assets; or free for sale or publication
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part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
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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.
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Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
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Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
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Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
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Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
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Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
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Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
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Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
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Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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Without charge; as, children admitted free.
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To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
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To frank.
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Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; - said of the will.
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Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
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Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; - followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; - followed by of.
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Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; - said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; - said of a government, institutions, etc.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
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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.
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Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
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Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
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Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
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Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
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Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
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Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
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Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
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Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
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Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
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Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
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Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
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Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
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Without charge; as, children admitted free.
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To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
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To frank.
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Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; - said of the will.
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Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
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Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; - followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
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Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; - followed by of.
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Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; - said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
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Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; - said of a government, institutions, etc.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Without restraint; at liberty; permitted; liberal; generous; open; guiltless; independent; familiar; without cost; not arbitrary or despotic; spirited; not attached or fixed; invested with, or having, the right to vote, etc.
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To set at liberty; emancipate; rid or exempt; clear; often with of.
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Gratuitously; without restraint.
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Freely.
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Freer.
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Freest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Freely.
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Not bound: at liberty: not under arbitrary government: set at liberty: guiltless frank: lavish: not attached: exempt (fol. by from): having a franchise (fol. by of): gratuitous: idiomatic, as a translation.
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To set at liberty: to deliver from what confines: to rid (fol. by from or of):-pr.p. freeing: pa.p freed.
By Daniel Lyons
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Freely.
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To set free; release; relieve.
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Not restrained; uncon trolled; independent.
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Exempt; followed by from.
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Ingenuous; frank; easv; careless; familiar.
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Gratuitous.
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Freely; gratuitously; willingly.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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At liberty; not under necessity or restraint; not under arbitrary government; instituted by a free people; not imprisoned; not under compulsion or control; not chemically combined; allowed; not obstructed; unrestrained; frank; unreserved; liberal; not parsimonious; generous; lavish; gratuitous; guiltless; exempt; not encumbered with; open to all; invested with franchises or certain immunities; possessing without vassalage; liberated from the control of parent, guardian, or master; acting without spurring or whipping, as a horse.
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To rid; to strip; to clear; to set at liberty; to deliver; to disengage; to exempt; to release. Free and easy, quite at home.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Being at liberty; not under restraint; licentious; enjoying civil rights; allowed or permitted; open; unreserved; exempt from; gratuitous.
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To set at liberty; to rescue; to release; to clear from.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.