n. people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

v. 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"

v. free from obligations or duties

v. make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

v. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"

v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

v. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

v. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

v. grant freedom to; free from confinement

adv. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"

adj. (uncombined)

adj. not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"

adj. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"

adj. 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"

adj. not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"

adj. acting on one's own initiative; "man is a voluntary agent"

adj. not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

adj. not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"

adj. costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"

adj. (of a cargo shipment) the seller pays all costs up to but not including the loading of the cargo; the buyer pays all other costs

v. deprive of the possession of real estate

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

v. relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

v. free from slavery or servitude

v. take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"

v. make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"

v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

v. send (money) in payment; "remit $25"

v. let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"

v. forgive; "God will remit their sins"

v. destroy the peace or tranquility of; "Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

v. confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

v. clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof; "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"

v. become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

v. free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified"

v. remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

v. make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"

v. rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"

v. remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"

v. deprive of the possession of real estate

v. remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

v. 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"

v. make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

adv. unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"

adj. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

adj. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"

adj. not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"

adj. not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance"

adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"

adj. (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as e.g. taxes) to which others or other things are subject; "a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process"; "exempt from jury duty"; "only the very poorest citizens should be exempt from income taxes"

adj. not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement"

adj. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

adj. accessible to all; "open season"; "an open economy"

adj. willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous donation"

adj. generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic contributions"

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

adj. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

adj. producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil"

adj. seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent; "unbounded enthusiasm"; "children with boundless energy"; "a limitless supply of money"

adj. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

adj. ready for business; "the stores are open"

adj. kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"

adj. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

adj. (uncombined)

adj. not constituting a compound

adj. that has been withdrawn or retreated from

adj. not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"

adj. not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"

adj. not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"

adj. not by chance

adj. done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

adj. "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"

adj. voluntarily assumed or endured; "self-imposed exile"

adj. not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

adj. without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

adj. that has been withdrawn or retreated from

adj. not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses"

adj. not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"

adj. not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"

adj. an indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"

adj. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate"

adj. (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers"

adj. free of charge; "if they deposit these shares in the scheme they will get further buckshee shares on a one-for-one basis"- Economist

adj. owed as a debt; "outstanding bills"; "the amount still owed"; "undischarged debts"

adj. complimentary; without payment of rent; "with the job came a rent-free apartment"

adj. not paying a salary; "an uncompensated federal post"

v. put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"

v. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"

v. fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"

v. compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose courtesy"

v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"

v. place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"

v. put or pin the blame on

v. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference"

v. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

v. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

v. hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement

v. confine in a cage; "The animal was caged"

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

v. confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out without a chaperone"

v. place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation"

adj. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

adj. hampered and not free; not able to act at will

adj. being in captivity

adj. marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

adj. hampered and not free; not able to act at will

adj. held in servitude; "he was born of slave parents"