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| Sounds | friy' |
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| Rhymes | accusatory, actuary, adversary, and 422 more rhymes in riy at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Able to act at will. Not hampered. Not under compulsion or restraint. |
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| Examples | "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" |
| Attribute of | freedom |
| Similar | at large, at liberty, escaped, loose, on the loose; at liberty, unconstrained; autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign; available, uncommitted; aweigh, atrip; clear; discharged, released; disentangled, extricated, freed; emancipated, liberated; footloose; loose; out-of-school; unconfined, unimprisoned; unhampered, free of; unrestricted |
| See also | unbound; unconfined; independent; free; unrestrained; unrestricted |
| Contrary | unfree |
| Adverbs | freely |
| Meaning | Unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion. |
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| Examples | "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science; physics, physical science, natural philosophy |
| Similar | liberated; unbound |
| Contrary | bound |
| Meaning | Costing nothing. |
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| Synonyms | complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous |
| Similar to | unpaid |
| Meaning | Not occupied or in use. |
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| Examples | "a free locker"; "a free lane" |
| Similar to | unoccupied |
| Meaning | Not fixed in position. |
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| Examples | "he pulled his arm free and ran" |
| Synonyms | detached |
| Similar to | unfixed |
| Meaning | Not held in servitude. |
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| Examples | "after the Civil War he was a free man" |
| Similar | emancipated, freed, liberated; freeborn; free-soil, slaveless |
| See also | free |
| Contrary | slave |
| Meaning | Not taken up by scheduled activities. |
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| Examples | "a free hour between classes" |
| Synonyms | spare |
| Similar to | unoccupied |
| Meaning | Not literal. |
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| Examples | "a free translation of the poem" |
| Synonyms | loose, liberal |
| Similar to | inexact |
| Meaning | People who are free. |
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| Examples | "the home of the free and the brave" |
| Synonyms | free people |
| Broader | people |
| Verbs | free |
| Meaning | Without restraint. |
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| Synonyms | loose |
| Meaning | Grant freedom to. Free from confinement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to free the prisoners |
| Synonyms | liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose |
| Narrower | unspell; unchain; bail; run; bail out; parole |
| Contrary | confine, detain |
| Nouns | free; freeing |
| Meaning | Relieve from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something |
| Synonyms | rid, disembarrass |
| Narrower | cleanse; relieve; smooth, smooth out; clear; disinfest; disembody |
| Meaning | Remove or force out from a position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" |
| Synonyms | dislodge |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
| Contrary | lodge, wedge, stick, deposit |
| Meaning | Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
| Synonyms | exempt, relieve |
| Narrower | derestrict; deregulate; dispense; forgive; spare |
| Contrary | enforce, implement, apply |
| Meaning | Make (information) available publication. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | release |
| Narrower | declassify |
| Broader | issue, supply |
| Meaning | Free from obligations or duties. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | discharge |
| Narrower | divest, disinvest; take over, relieve; cut; clear; cashier; liberate, set free; disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle |
| Nouns | freeing |
| Meaning | Free or remove obstruction from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "free a path across the cluttered floor" |
| Synonyms | disengage |
| Narrower | dig out; unclog; unstuff, loosen up; extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber |
| Contrary | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up |
| Meaning | Let off the hook. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something |
| Synonyms | absolve, justify |
| Narrower | excuse, relieve, let off, exempt; wash one's hands |
| Broader | forgive |
| Contrary | blame, fault |
| Meaning | Part with a possession or right. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Synonyms | release, relinquish, resign, give up |
| Narrower | derequisition; sacrifice, give |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give |
| Meaning | Make (assets) available. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | unblock, unfreeze, release |
| Broader | issue, supply |
| Contrary | freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise |