free
\ˈfrē \
freer; freest
Definition of free
(Entry 1 of 3)
1: not costing or charging anything a free schoola free ticket
2a: having the legal and political rights of a citizen setting the slave free
b: enjoying civil and political liberty free citizens
c: enjoying political independence or freedom from outside domination This is a free country.
d: enjoying personal freedom : not subject to the control or domination of another You are free to do whatever you want.
3a: not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself a player free to negotiate a contract with any team
b: determined by the choice of the actor or performer free actions
c: made, done, or given voluntarily or spontaneously gave his free consent
4a: relieved from or lacking something and especially something unpleasant or burdensome free from paina speech free of political rhetoric—often used in combinationerror-free
b: not bound, confined, or detained by force The prisoner is now free.
5a: having no trade restrictions duty-free imports
b: not subject to government regulation free competition
cof foreign exchange : not subject to restriction or official control
6a: having no obligations (as to work) or commitments I'll be free this evening
b: not taken up with commitments or obligations a free evening
7: having a scope not restricted by qualification a free variable
8a: not obstructed, restricted, or impeded free to leave
b: not being used or occupied waved with his free hand
c: not hampered or restricted in its normal operation
9a: not fastened the free end of the rope
b: not confined to a particular position or place in twelve-tone music, no note is wholly free for it must hold its place in the series— J. L. Stewart
c: capable of moving or turning in any direction a free particle
d: performed without apparatus free tumbling
e: done with artificial aids (such as pitons) used only for protection against falling and not for support a free climb
10a: not parsimonious free spending
b: OUTSPOKENis free in his criticism
c: availing oneself of something without stint she's very free with her money
e: overly familiar or forward in action or attitude a young man who had been much too free with the ladies of the town— Harvey Graham
f: LICENTIOUSinexcusably free talk before the ladies
11a(1): not united with, attached to, combined with, or mixed with something else : SEPARATEfree oresa free surface of a bodily part
(2): FREESTANDINGa free column
b: chemically uncombined free oxygenfree acids
c: not permanently attached but able to move about a free electron in a metal
d: capable of being used alone as a meaningful linguistic form the word hats is a free form— compare BOUND entry 5 sense 7
12a: not literal or exact free translation
b: not restricted by or conforming to conventional forms free skating
13: FAVORABLE —used of a wind blowing from a direction more than six points from dead ahead
14: not allowing slavery was admitted to the Union as a free state
15: open to all comers that most pleasurable of Anglo-Saxon pastimes, a free fight— Winston Churchill
for free
: without charge
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Definition of free (Entry 2 of 3)
1: in a free manner
2: without charge
3: with the wind more than six points from dead ahead sailing free
free
freed; freeing
Definition of free (Entry 3 of 3)
1a: to cause to be free
b: to relieve or rid of what restrains, confines, restricts, or embarrasses free a person from debt—often used with upfree up space on the hard drive
c: DISENTANGLE, CLEAR
2obsolete : BANISH