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" [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"
5: done by hand without mechanical aids or devices; "a freehand
drawing" [syn: {freehand}, {freehanded}]
6: affording free passage or view; "a clear view"; "a clear
path to victory"; "a free lane" [syn: {clear}, {open}]
7: of your own accord; "a free act of the will"; "free choice"
8: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: {detached}]
9: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant: {slave(a)}]
10: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: {spare}]
11: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {loose}, {liberal}]
12: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: {unchained}, {unfettered},
{unshackled}, {untied}]
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 [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}]