free

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“pleased, loved”), from *preyH- (“to please; to love”). Related to friend. cognates, etc Germanic cognates include Scots fre (“free”), North Frisian frai, frei, fri, Frii (“free”), Saterland Frisian fräi (“free”), West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), German frei (“free”), Low German free (“free”), Luxembourgish fräi (“free”), Vilamovian frȧj (“free”), Yiddish פֿרײַ (fray, “free”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fri (“free”), Faroese fríur (“free”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis, “free”). Other cognates include Cornish rydh (“free”), Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin propriō (“to appropriate”), Czech přát (“to wish; to favour”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favour, foster”), Serbo-Croatian прѝјати, prìjati (“to please, taste, suit; to be agreeable, relish”), Slovak priať (“to wish”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; agreeable, pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").

1. Unconstrained.

   “He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.”

   “Quickly, spirit! / Thou shalt ere long be free.”

2. Unconstrained.

   “Free Blacks”

   “a free man”

3. Unconstrained.

   “He's very free with his money.”

4. Unconstrained.

   “My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.”

5. Unconstrained.

   “free time”

6. Unconstrained.

   “a free school”

   “Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free / For me as for you?”

7. Unconstrained.

   “the Free World”

   “This is a free country.”

8. Unconstrained.

   “OpenOffice is free software.”

9. Unconstrained.
10. Obtainable without any payment.

    “The government provides free health care.”

    “It's free real estate.”

11. Obtainable without any payment.

    “Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!”

12. Unconstrained.
13. Unconstrained.
14. Unconstrained.

    “The fundamental group of the figure eight is free of rank 2.”

15. Unconstrained.
16. Unconstrained.

    “z is the free variable in #92;forallx#92;existsy#58;xy#61;z.”

17. Unconstrained.
18. Unconstrained.
19. Unconstrained.

    “the drain was free”

20. Unconstrained.

    “a free radical”

21. Unconstrained.

    “You can sit on this chair; it's free.”

22. Unconstrained.

    “In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.”

    “Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute[…]”

23. Unconstrained.
24. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.

    “We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.”

    “princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties”

25. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.

    “a free horse”

26. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.

    “He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, / Free of his farm.”

27. Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.

    “free service;  free socage”

28. Privileged or individual; proprietary.

    “a free fishery;  a free warren”

29. Having oversteer.

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“pleased, loved”), from *preyH- (“to please; to love”). Related to friend. cognates, etc Germanic cognates include Scots fre (“free”), North Frisian frai, frei, fri, Frii (“free”), Saterland Frisian fräi (“free”), West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), German frei (“free”), Low German free (“free”), Luxembourgish fräi (“free”), Vilamovian frȧj (“free”), Yiddish פֿרײַ (fray, “free”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fri (“free”), Faroese fríur (“free”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis, “free”). Other cognates include Cornish rydh (“free”), Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin propriō (“to appropriate”), Czech přát (“to wish; to favour”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favour, foster”), Serbo-Croatian прѝјати, prìjati (“to please, taste, suit; to be agreeable, relish”), Slovak priať (“to wish”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; agreeable, pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").

1. Without needing to pay.

   “I got this bike free.”

   “Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.”

2. Freely; willingly.

   “I as free forgive you / As I would be forgiven.”

name

Etymology: English surname, from Old English freo (“freeborn”).

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States.

noun

1. Abbreviation of free kick.

   “Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.”

2. A free transfer.

   “Hargreaves, who left Manchester United on a free during the summer, drilled a 22-yard beauty to open the scoring.”

3. The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
4. Abbreviation of freestyle.

   “The team won the 200 meters free relay.”

num

1. Pronunciation spelling of three

verb

Etymology: From Middle English freen, freoȝen, from Old English frēon, frēoġan (“to free; make free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-, and is cognate with German freien, Dutch vrijen, Czech přát, Serbo-Croatian prijati, Polish sprzyjać.

1. To make free; set at liberty; release.

   “Pro.[…]Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.”

   “Liberia was founded in 1822 by the American Colonization Society whose goal was to resettle freed slaves in Africa.”

2. To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

   “Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil."”

3. To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

   “There is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends.”