free /fri/
1. people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
synset: free, free_people
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
synset: free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
2. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
synset: rid, free, 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"
antonym: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit
4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
antonym: enforce, implement, apply
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"
antonym: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close_up
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"
synset: release, relinquish, resign, free, give_up
10. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
synset: release, free, liberate
11. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
synset: unblock, unfreeze, free, release
antonym: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
1. not limited or 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"
synset: free
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"
synset: free
3. costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
synset: complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous
4. not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
synset: free
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"
synset: free
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"
synset: barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
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"
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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