English Dictionary

free

/fɹiː/

adj

Not imprisoned or enslaved. / Unconstrained by timidity or distrust / Generous; liberal. / (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. / Without obligations.

She was set free after serving her sentence.

意味（1）

Not imprisoned or enslaved.

a free man

意味（2）

Unconstrained by timidity or distrust

Dr. Wilkins says, He was naturally of a serious temper, which was somewhat soured by his sufferings, so that he was free only with a few.

意味（3）

Generous; liberal.

He's very free with his money.

意味（4）

(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.

My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.

意味（5）

Without obligations.

free time

意味（6）

Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.

a free school

意味（7）

Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.

This is a free country.

意味（8）

(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.

OpenOffice is free software.

意味（9）

(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.

意味（10）

Obtainable without any payment.

意味（11）

(by extension, chiefly advertising slang) complimentary

Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!

意味（12）

(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.

the free group on three generators

意味（13）

(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.

z is the free variable in ∀x∃y:xy=z.

意味（14）

(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.

意味（15）

(linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.

意味（16）

Unobstructed, without blockages.

the drain was free

意味（17）

Unattached or uncombined.

a free radical

意味（18）

Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.

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

意味（19）

(botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.

In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.

意味（20）

(military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.

意味（21）

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.

意味（22）

(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.

a free horse

意味（23）

(dated) 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.

意味（24）

(UK, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.

free service; free socage

意味（25）

(law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.

a free fishery; a free warren