Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: free, free_people, unfreeze

'free'

[free.n.01] as in: people who are free

Examples:
the home of the free and the brave

'free'

[free.v.01] as in: grant freedom to; free from confinement

'free'

[rid.v.01] as in: relieve from

Examples:
Rid the house of pests

'free'

[dislodge.v.01] as in: remove or force out from a position

Examples:
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

'free'

[exempt.v.01] as in: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to

Examples:
She exempted me from the exam

'free'

[free.v.05] as in: make (information) available for publication

Examples:
release the list with the names of the prisoners

'free'

[free.v.06] as in: free from obligations or duties

'free'

[free.v.07] as in: free or remove obstruction from

Examples:
free a path across the cluttered floor

'free'

[absolve.v.02] as in: let off the hook

Examples:
I absolve you from this responsibility

'free'

[release.v.08] as in: part with a possession or right

Examples:
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
resign a claim to the throne

'free'

[release.v.09] as in: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

'free'

[unblock.v.03] as in: make (assets) available

Examples:
release the holdings in the dictator's bank account

'free'

[free.a.01] as in: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

Examples:
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

'free'

[free.a.02] as in: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

Examples:
free expansion
free oxygen
a free electron

'free'

[complimentary.s.01] as in: costing nothing

Examples:
complimentary tickets
free admission

'free'

[free.s.02] as in: not occupied or in use

Examples:
a free locker
a free lane

'free'

[detached.s.05] as in: not fixed in position

Examples:
the detached shutter fell on him
he pulled his arm free and ran

'free'

[free.a.06] as in: not held in servitude

Examples:
after the Civil War he was a free man

'free'

[spare.s.03] as in: not taken up by scheduled activities

Examples:
a free hour between classes
spare time on my hands

'free'

[barren.s.03] as in: completely wanting or lacking

Examples:
writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning

'free'

[free.s.06] as in: not literal

Examples:
a loose interpretation of what she had been told
a free translation of the poem

'free'

[loose.r.01] as in: without restraint

Examples:
cows in India are running loose

Origins

					free (English)
└── fre (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── freo (Old English (ca. 450-1100))