what does free mean?
FREE as NOUN
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- the home of the free and the brave
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FREE as VERB
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- release the holdings in the dictator’’s bank account
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- I absolve you from this responsibility
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- free or remove obstruction from
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- free a path across the cluttered floor
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- remove or force out from a position
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- part with a possession or right
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- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
- resign a claim to the throne
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Rid the the house of pests
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- grant freedom to
- free from confinement
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- free from obligations or duties
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- make (information) available publication
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- release the list with the names of the prisoners
Hypernyms(s) free is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
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- She exempted me from the exam
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FREE as ADJECTIVE
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- a loose interpretation of what she had been told
- a free translation of the poem
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- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
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- free expansion
- free oxygen
- a free electron
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- the detached shutter fell on him
- he pulled his arm free and ran
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- able to act at will
- not hampered
- not under compulsion or restraint
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- 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
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- after the Civil War he was a free man
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- a free locker
- a free lane
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- not taken up by scheduled activities
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- a free hour between classes
- spare time on my hands
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FREE as ADVERB
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- cows in India are running loose
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