| 单词 | free |
| 释义 | free (once / 23 pages) 1adjadvvn 2adjv 3adj 4adjv 5adj Something that costs nothing is free. We can also say that someone is free of pain, which means they have none. This word has many meanings. On Mondays, admission to some museums is free — there's no charge. Often, people say the best things in life are free, usually meaning love and friendship. We live in a free country, which means we have a lot of rights and freedoms, such as freedom of the press. The word has a similar meaning when we say a prisoner goes free, or philosophers talk about free will: the belief that we make our own decisions, not ones forced on us by society, culture, or a higher power. WORD FAMILYfree: freed, freeing, freely, freer, frees, freest, unfree+/freely: freelys/unfree: unfreer USAGE EXAMPLESApart from signing Norman, McCloughan was restrained in free agency. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Many utility companies offer free energy audits to their customers. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) A trainer offered to train him for free. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1adj 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 Syn|Ant unbound not restrained or tied down by bonds unconfinednot confined independentfree from external control and constraint at large, escaped, loose, on the loosehaving escaped, especially from confinement autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces available, uncommittednot busy; not otherwise committed atrip, aweigh(of an anchor) just clear of the bottom clearfree from contact or proximity or connection emancipated, liberatedfree from traditional social restraints footloosefree to go or do as one pleases out-of-schoolnot attending school and therefore free to work unconfined, unimprisonedfree from confinement or physical restraint unconstrainedfree from constraint unhamperednot held in check or subject to control unrestrictedfree of restrictions on conduct unrestrainednot subject to restraint unrestrictednot subject to or subjected to restriction unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will boundconfined by bonds confinednot free to move about dependentrelying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed adscript, adscripted(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner apprenticed, articled, bound, indenturedbound by contract at bay, cornered, trapped, treedforced to turn and face attackers captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedbeing in captivity entangledinvolved in difficulties nonautonomous, nonsovereign(of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces prisonlikeresembling a prison serflikelike someone in servitude restrictedsubject to restriction or subjected to restriction 2adj not held in servitude after the Civil War he was a free man Syn|Ant freeborn born free of free parents free-soil, non-slave, slavelesswhere slavery was prohibited unfree held in servitude unfreehampered and not free; not able to act at will servilerelating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants slaveholdingallowing slavery 3adj not literal a free translation of the poem Syn liberal, loose inexact not exact 4adv without restraint Syn loose 5v grant freedom to; free from confinement Syn|Ant|Hypo liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement unspell release from a spell unchainmake free bailrelease after a security has been paid runset animals loose to graze bail outfree on bail parolerelease a criminal from detention and place him on parole 6v make (assets) available Syn|Ant|Hyper release, unblock, unfreeze block, freeze, immobilise, immobilize prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) issue, supply circulate or distribute or equip with 7v make (information) available for publication Syn|Hypo|Hyper release declassify lift the restriction on and make available again issue, supply circulate or distribute or equip with 8v relieve from Syn|Hypo disembarrass, rid cleanse purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins relievefree from a burden, evil, or distress smooth, smooth outfree from obstructions clearclear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc. disinfestrid of vermin disembodyfree from a body or physical form or reality denazifyfree from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance 9v let off the hook Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper absolve, justify blame, fault put or pin the blame on excuse, exempt, let off, relieve grant exemption or release to wash one's handsto absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame frankexempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness 10v grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to Syn|Ant|Hypo exempt, relieve apply, enforce, implement ensure observance of laws and rules derestrict make free from restrictions deregulatelift the regulations on dispensegrant a dispensation; grant an exemption forgiveabsolve from payment sparesave or relieve from an experience or action 11v part with a possession or right Syn|Hypo|Hyper give up, release, relinquish, resign derequisition release from government control give, sacrificeendure the loss of give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over place into the hands or custody of 12n people who are free 2the home of the free and the brave Syn|Hyper free people people (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively 1adj not fixed in position he pulled his arm free and ran Syn detached unfixed not firmly placed or set or fastened 2adj unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion free expansion free oxygen a free electron Syn|Ant liberated (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination unboundnot held in chemical or physical combination bound held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union conjugate, conjugatedof an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond conjugate, conjugatedformed by the union of two compounds 3v remove or force out from a position He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble Syn|Ant|Hyper dislodge deposit, lodge, stick, wedge put, fix, force, or implant remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 4v release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition 3Syn|Hyper liberate, release bring forth, generate bring into existence adj costing nothing 4free admission Syn complimentary, costless, gratis, gratuitous unpaid not paid 1adj not occupied or in use a free locker a free lane Syn unoccupied not held or filled or in use 2adj not taken up by scheduled activities a free hour between classes Syn spare unoccupied not held or filled or in use 3v free or remove obstruction from free a path across the cluttered floor Syn|Ant|Hypo disengage block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through dig out dig out from underneath earth or snow unclogbecome or cause to become unobstructed loosen up, unstuffcause to become unblocked disencumber, disentangle, extricate, untanglerelease from entanglement of difficulty unblockclear or remove an obstruction from 4v free from obligations or duties 5Syn|Hypo discharge disinvest, divest deprive of status or authority relieve, take overfree someone temporarily from his or her obligations cutdischarge from a group clearfree from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment cashierdischarge with dishonor, as in the army liberate, set freegrant freedom to disembroil, disentangle, disinvolvefree from involvement or entanglement dethroneremove a monarch from the throne spellrelieve (someone) from work by taking a turn defrock, unfrockdivest of the frock; of church officials affranchise, enfranchisegrant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude emancipate, manumitfree from slavery or servitude decolonise, decolonizegrant independence to (a former colony) adj completely wanting or lacking Syn barren, destitute, devoid, innocent nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality |
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