Meaning & Definition of Free in English

1. People who are free

• "The home of the free and the brave"

1. Grant freedom to

• Free from confinement

2. Relieve from

• "Rid the house of pests"

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"

4. Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

• "She exempted me from the exam"

5. Make (information) available for publication

• "Release the list with the names of the prisoners"

6. Free from obligations or duties

7. Free or remove obstruction from

• "Free a path across the cluttered floor"

8. Let off the hook

• "I absolve you from this responsibility"

9. Part with a possession or right

• "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"

• "Resign a claim to the throne"

10. Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

11. Make (assets) available

• "Release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

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"

2. Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

• "Free expansion"

• "Free oxygen"

• "A free electron"

3. Costing nothing

• "Complimentary tickets"

• "Free admission"

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"

6. Not held in servitude

• "After the civil war he was a free man"

7. Not taken up by scheduled activities

• "A free hour between classes"

• "Spare time on my hands"

8. Completely wanting or lacking

• "Writing barren of insight"

• "Young recruits destitute of experience"

• "Innocent of literary merit"

• "The sentence was devoid of meaning"

9. Not literal

• "A loose interpretation of what she had been told"

• "A free translation of the poem"

1. Without restraint

• "Cows in india are running loose"