free
     adj 1: 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" [ant: {unfree}]
     2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
        fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
        expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: {bound}]
     3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets" [syn: {complimentary},
         {costless}, {gratis(p)}, {gratuitous}]
     4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
     5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
        "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: {detached}]
     6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
        man" [ant: {slave(a)}]
     7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
        classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: {spare}]
     8: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
        told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: {loose}, {liberal}]
     n : people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
         [syn: {free people}]
     adv : without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: {loose}]
     v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: {liberate}, {release},
           {unloose}, {unloosen}, {loose}] [ant: {confine}]
     2: relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: {rid}, {disembarrass}]
     3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
        the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
        finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who
        was buried in the rubble" [syn: {dislodge}] [ant: {lodge}]
     4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
        "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: {exempt}, {relieve}]
        [ant: {enforce}]
     5: make (information) available publication; "release the list
        with the names of the prisoners" [syn: {release}]
     6: free from obligations or duties [syn: {discharge}]
     7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
        cluttered floor" [syn: {disengage}] [ant: {obstruct}]
     8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
        [syn: {absolve}, {justify}] [ant: {blame}]
     9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
        bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
        the throne" [syn: {release}, {relinquish}, {resign}, {give
        up}]
     10: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
         dictator's bank account" [syn: {unblock}, {unfreeze}, {release}]
         [ant: {freeze}, {freeze}]
     [also: {freest}, {freer}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0