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free

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01adjective

not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

“free enterprise”

“a free port”

02adjective

unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

“free expansion”

“free oxygen”

03adjective

costing nothing

“complimentary tickets”

“free admission”

04adjective

not occupied or in use

“a free locker”

“a free lane”

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05adjective

not fixed in position

“the detached shutter fell on him”

“he pulled his arm free and ran”

06adjective

not held in servitude

“after the Civil War he was a free man”

07adjective

not taken up by scheduled activities

“a free hour between classes”

“spare time on my hands”

08adjective

completely wanting or lacking

“writing barren of insight”

“young recruits destitute of experience”

09adjective

not literal

“a loose interpretation of what she had been told”

“a free translation of the poem”

10noun

people who are free

“the home of the free and the brave”

11adverb

without restraint

“cows in India are running loose”

12verb

grant freedom to; free from confinement

13verb

relieve from

“Rid the house of pests”

14verb

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”

15verb

grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

“She exempted me from the exam”

16verb

make (information) available for publication

“release the list with the names of the prisoners”

17verb

free from obligations or duties

18verb

free or remove obstruction from

“free a path across the cluttered floor”

19verb

let off the hook

“I absolve you from this responsibility”

20verb

part with a possession or right

“I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”

“resign a claim to the throne”

21verb

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

22verb

make (assets) available

“release the holdings in the dictator's bank account”

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