| free | |
| 1. adj. (social) Unconstrained. | |
| He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted. | |
| 2. adj. Not imprisoned or enslaved. | |
| a free man | |
| 3. adj. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust | |
| 4. adj. Generous; liberal. | |
| He's very free with his money. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. | |
| 6. adj. Without obligations. | |
| free time | |
| 7. adj. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a t | |
| a free school | |
| 8. adj. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said | |
| This is a free country. | |
| 9. adj. (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification. | |
| OpenOffice is free software. | |
| 10. adj. (software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version. | |
| 11. adj. Obtainable without any payment. | |
| The government provides free health care. | |
| 12. adj. (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) complimentary | |
| Buy a TV to get a free DVD player! | |
| 13. adj. (abstract) Unconstrained. | |
| 14. adj. (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators. | |
| the free group on three generators | |
| 15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers. | |
| z is the free variable in\forall x\exists y:xy=z. | |
| 16. adj. (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound. | |
| 17. adj. (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme. | |
| 18. adj. (physical) Unconstrained. | |
| 19. adj. Unobstructed, without blockages. | |
| the drain was free | |
| 20. adj. Unattached or uncombined. | |
| a free radical | |
| 21. adj. Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied. | |
| You can sit on this chair; it's free. | |
| 22. adj. (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose. | |
| In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free. | |
| 23. adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated. | |
| We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains. | |
| 24. adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited. | |
| a free horse | |
| 25. adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of. | |
| 26. adj. (legal) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base. | |
| free service; free socage | |
| 27. adj. (legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common. | |
| a free fishery; a free warren | |
| 28. adv. Without needing to pay. | |
| I got this bike free. | |
| 29. adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly. | |
| 30. v. To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses. | |
| 31. n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) (abbreviation of free kick). | |
| 32. n. free transfer | |
| 33. n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed. | |
