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adjective
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enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
2.
pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil.
3.
existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world.
4.
enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent.
5.
EXPANDexempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.
6.
able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose.
7.
clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock.
8.
not occupied or in use: I'll try to phone her again if the line is free.
9.
exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc. (usually followed by from or of): free from worry; free of taxes.
10.
having immunity or being safe (usually followed by from): free from danger.
11.
provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample.
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given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice.
13.
unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift.
14.
not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free.
15.
not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged.
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acting without self-restraint or reserve: to be too free with one's tongue.
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ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice.
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given readily or in profusion; unstinted.
19.
frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar.
20.
unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior.
21.
not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage.
22.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy.
23.
that may be used by or is open to all: a free market.
24.
engaged in by all present; general: a free fight.
25.
not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose.
26.
uncombined chemically: free oxygen.
27.
traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight.
29.
at liberty to enter and enjoy at will (usually followed by of): to be free of a friend's house.
30.
not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes.
31.
easily worked, as stone, land, etc.
32.
Mathematics. (of a vector) having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point. Compare bound1 (def. 9).
33.
Also, large. Nautical. (of a wind) nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free.
34.
not containing a specified substance (often used in combination): a sugar-free soft drink.
35.
(of a linguistic form) occurring as an independent construction, without necessary combination with other forms, as most words. Compare bound1 (def. 11).
36.
COLLAPSEwithout cost, payment, or charge.
adverb
37.
in a free manner; freely.
38.
Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrase39.
to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint.
40.
to exempt or deliver (usually followed by from).
41.
to relieve or rid (usually followed by of): to free oneself of responsibility.
42.
to disengage; clear (usually followed by from or of).
43.
Idiomsfree up,
a.
to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system.
b.
to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam.
44.
for free, Informal. without charge: The tailor mended my jacket for free.
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free and clear, Law. without any encumbrance, as a lien or mortgage: They owned their house free and clear.
46.
free and easy,
a.
unrestrained; casual; informal.
b.
excessively or inappropriately casual; presumptuous.
47.
make free with,
a.
to use as one's own; help oneself to: If you make free with their liquor, you won't be invited again.
b.
to treat with too much familiarity; take liberties with.
48.
EXPANDset free, to release; liberate; free: The prisoners were set free.
49.
COLLAPSEwith a free hand, generously; freely; openhandedly: He entertains visitors with a free hand.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English fre, Old English frēo; cognate with Gothic freis, Old High German frī (German frei), Dutch vrij, Sanskrit priyá- dear. Compare friend, Friday
before 900; Middle English fre, Old English frēo; cognate with Gothic freis, Old High German frī (German frei), Dutch vrij, Sanskrit priyá- dear. Compare friend, Friday
Related forms
free·ness, noun
o·ver·free, adjective
o·ver·free·ly, adverb
qua·si-free, adjective
qua·si-free·ly, adverb
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free
O.E. freo "free, exempt from, not in bondage," also "noble, joyful," from P.Gmc. *frijaz (cf. M.H.G. vri, Ger. frei, Du. vrij, Goth. freis "free"), from PIE *prijos "dear, beloved" (cf. Skt. priyah "own, dear, beloved," priyate "loves;" O.C.S. prijati "to help," prijatelji "friend;" Welsh rhydd "free").
EXPANDThe adverb is from O.E. freon, freogan "to free, love." The primary sense seems to have been "beloved, friend, to love;" which in some languages (notably Gmc. and Celtic) developed also a sense of "free," perhaps from the terms "beloved" or "friend" being applied to the free members of one's clan (as opposed to slaves, cf. L. liberi, meaning both "free" and "children"). Cf. Goth. frijon "to love;" O.E. freod "affection, friendship," friga "love," friðu "peace;" O.N. friðr, Ger. Friede "peace;" O.E. freo "wife;" O.N. Frigg "wife of Odin," lit. "beloved" or "loving;" M.L.G. vrien "to take to wife, Du. vrijen, Ger. freien "to woo." Sense of "given without cost" is 1580s, from notion of "free of cost." Of nations, "not subject to foreign rule or to despotism," it is recorded from late 14c. Related: Freed; freeing. Free-hand is from 1862; free-thinker is from 1690s. Free-for-all "mass brawl" (in which anyone may participate) first recorded 1881. Freebase (n. and v.) in ref. to cocaine first recorded 1980. Free enterprise recorded from 1890; free trade is from 1823. Free will is from early 13c.
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Said of a capability of a programming language or hardware equipment that is available by its design without needing cleverness to implement: "In APL, we get the matrix operations for free." "And owing to the way revisions are stored in this system, you get revision trees for free." The term usually refers to a serendipitous feature of doing things a certain way (compare big win), but it may refer to an intentional but secondary feature.
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Without charge, gratis, as in You can't expect the doctor to treat you for free. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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