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free - people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" |
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people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
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free - grant freedom to; free from confinement |
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liberate,
release,
unloose,
unloosen,
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confine,
detain prevent from leaving or from being removed
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unspell release from a spell
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unchain make free
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bail remove (water) from a vessel with a container
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run become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
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bail out remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side
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parole release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
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free - free from obligations or duties |
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discharge |
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disinvest,
divest reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
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relieve,
take over provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
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cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
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clear free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
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cashier discharge with dishonor, as in the army
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liberate,
set free grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
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disembroil,
disentangle,
disinvolve extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
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free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" |
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disengage |
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block,
close up,
impede,
jam,
obstruct,
obturate,
occlude shape into a block or blocks; "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"
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dig out dig out from underneath earth or snow
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unclog become or cause to become unobstructed; "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it"
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loosen up,
unstuff cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
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disencumber,
disentangle,
extricate,
untangle extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
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free - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
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release |
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issue,
supply come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
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declassify lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents"
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free - 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" |
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unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will
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free not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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independent free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"
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unbound not restrained or tied down by bonds
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unconfined not confined
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unrestrained not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter"
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unrestricted free of restrictions on conduct; "I had unrestricted access"
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freedom the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints
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at large,
escaped,
loose,
on the loose not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
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autonomous,
independent,
self-governing,
sovereign (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
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available,
uncommitted obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service; "kept a fire extinguisher available"; "much information is available through computers"; "available in many colors"; "the list of available candidates is unusually long"
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atrip,
aweigh (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom
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clear readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"
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emancipated,
liberated free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle"
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footloose free to go or do as one pleases; "Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on"; "a footloose young man eager to see the big city"
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out-of-school not attending school and therefore free to work; "opportunities for out-of-school youth"
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unconfined,
unimprisoned not confined
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unconstrained free from constraint; "he was unconstrained by any of the sanctions of polite society"; "the dog was unconstrained"; "idle, unconstrained gossip"
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unhampered not held in check or subject to control; "unhampered dissemination of news"; "this would give black people the opportunity to live unhampered by racism"
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unrestricted free of restrictions on conduct; "I had unrestricted access"
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free - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" |
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bound confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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natural philosophy,
physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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liberated (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination
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unbound not restrained or tied down by bonds
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free - not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" |
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unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will
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free not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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freeborn born free of free parents
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free-soil,
non-slave,
slaveless where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state"
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free - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" |
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loose,
liberal |
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inexact not exact
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free - not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" |
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unoccupied not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"
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