free

free
free ADJECTIVE (freer, freest) 1) not under the control or in the power of another. 2) permitted to take a specified action. 3) not or no longer confined, obstructed, or fixed. 4) not subject to engagements or obligations. 5) not occupied or in use. 6) (free of/from) not subject to or affected by. 7) available without charge. 8) generous or lavish. 9) frank and unrestrained. 10) not subject to the normal conventions; improvised. 11) (of a translation or interpretation) conveying only the broad sense; not literal.
ADVERB without cost or payment.
VERB (frees, freed, freeing) 1) make free; release. 2) make available.
free and easy — Cf. ↑free and easy
a free hand — Cf. ↑a free hand
a free ride — Cf. ↑a free ride
the free world — Cf. ↑the free world
make free with — Cf. ↑make free with
DERIVATIVES freeness noun.
ORIGIN Old English, related to FRIEND(Cf. ↑friendship).

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