:enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
:pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil.
:existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world.
:enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent.
:exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.
:able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose.
:clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock.
:not occupied or in use: I'll try to phone her again if the line is free.
:exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc.: free from worry; free of taxes.See also -free.
The advertisements also seemed to target women and working mothers with fat-free snacks to be eaten at work, on the go, and while “kickin’ back.”
You cannot think different in a nation where you cannot breathe free.
So, in some sense, the Swedes can have this very harmonious redistributive society because they’re free-riding off the cutthroat society.
Singapore’s government launched a similar initiative in 2019 when it partnered with Fitbit to provide Singapore residents with free Fitbit fitness trackers if they bought a premium subscription to the company’s coaching program.
Time’s Up, an organization that advocates for harassment-free workplaces for women, denounced the host’s use of the phrase.
In other words, the free thinker defending freedom of thought.
Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
It seemed to free her of a responsibility which she had blindly assumed and for which Fate had not fitted her.
If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
The voice of the orator peculiarly should be studied effects, and responsive to motive.
provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample.
:given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice.
:unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift.
:not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free.
:not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged.
:acting without self-restraint or reserve: to be too free with one's tongue.
:ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice.
:given readily or in profusion; unstinted.
:frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar.
:unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior.
:not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage.
:of, relating to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy.
:that may be used by or is open to all: a free market.
:engaged in by all present; general: a free fight.
:not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose.
:uncombined chemically: free oxygen.
:traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight.
:Phonetics. situated in an open syllable.
:at liberty to enter and enjoy at will: to be free of a friend's house.
:not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes.
:easily worked, as stone, land, etc.
:Mathematics. having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point.Compare bound.
:Also large. Nautical. nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free.
:not containing a specified substance: Our deli meats are free of additives.See also -free.
: occurring as an independent construction, without necessary combination with other forms, as most words.Compare bound.
:without cost, payment, or charge.
adv.副词 adverb
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:in a free manner; freely.
:Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free.
v.有主动词 verb
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freed, free·ing.
:to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint.
:to exempt or deliver.
:to relieve or rid: to free oneself of responsibility.
:to disengage; clear.
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:free up, to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system.to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam.