: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.
In what might be considered a twist, that story wrapped up before the finale, leaving Sam and Dean free at last to live happily ever after.
Apple and Google developed the underlying technology free, but many states still have struggled to make their own apps.
Without Thompson, the Warriors find themselves at a crossroads with free agency opening Friday.
The 28-year-old guard will be a free agent next summer, and his name has been tossed into various trade scenarios before the start of the 2020-21 season.
If you’re still holding out for something to feel normal in 2020, here comes the NBA free agency period.
She says she will have to fight in “other ways” to get her client freed.
It was his business acumen, his own unflagging zeal for the creative business solution, that had freed Sam to do this.
Kurdish forces declared victory and freed Yazidi holdouts, with help from U.S. air power.
Gross and an unnamed American intelligence agent were freed Wednesday in exchange for three Cuban spies.
He cites an interview that a freed POW, Air Force Lt. Col. William Harrison, gave to The New York Times in 1953.
She must be freed through the progress of Liberal ideas in France and Germany—not by her own inherent energies.
Freed from his presence, Black Sheep resolved that he should no longer be deprived of his allowance of pleasure-reading.
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.
I have seen examples of such being freed, that is, turned out of doors to starve.
Jefferson proposed that the Negroes be freed and then sent out of the United States.
If the hyposulphite of soda is entirely freed from them, they will bear any exposure to atmospheric influence without change.