free
f ree
- n  people who are free
                    
                        
                            
the home of the free and the brave - v grant freedom to; free from confinement
 - v relieve from
 - v  remove or force out from a position
                    
                        
                            
He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble - v grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
 - v make (information) available for publication
 - v free from obligations or duties
 - v  free or remove obstruction from
                    
                        
                            
free a path across the cluttered floor - v let off the hook
 - v part with a possession or right
 - v release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
 - v make (assets) available
 - a  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 - a  unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
                    
                        
                            
free expansion
free oxygen
a free electron - s  costing nothing
                    
                        
                            
free admission - s  not occupied or in use
                    
                        
                            
a free locker
a free lane - s  not fixed in position
                    
                        
                            
he pulled his arm free and ran - a  not held in servitude
                    
                        
                            
after the Civil War he was a free man - s  not taken up by scheduled activities
                    
                        
                            
a free hour between classes - s completely wanting or lacking
 - s  not literal
                    
                        
                            
a free translation of the poem - r without restraint
 
- People are searching online for everything from free games to free money.
 - A pilot project aims to upend the publishing industry, and help strapped students, by offering textbooks free of charge online.
 - We may find out soon, as free, ad-supported applications gain momentum.