Definition of free

The noun free has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

(people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave")

The verb free has 11 senses? (first 8 from tagged texts)

(grant freedom to; free from confinement)

(relieve from; "Rid the house of pests")

(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")

(grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam")

(make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners")

(free from obligations or duties)

(free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor")

(let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility")

(part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne")

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

(make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account")

The adj free has 9 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

(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")

(unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron")

(costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission")

(not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane")

(not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran")

(not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man")

(not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands")

(completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning")

(not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem")

The adv free has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

(without restraint; "cows in India are running loose")