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adjective
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“a loose interpretation of what she had been told”
adjective
completely wanting or lacking
“writing barren of insight”
adjective
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
“free expansion”
adjective
not fixed in position
“the detached shutter fell on him”
adjective
not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
“free enterprise”
adjective
not held in servitude
“after the Civil War he was a free man”
adjective
not occupied or in use
“a free locker”
adjective
not taken up by scheduled activities
“a free hour between classes”
adjective
costing nothing
“complimentary tickets”
adverb
without restraint
“cows in India are running loose”
noun
people who are free
“the home of the free and the brave”
verb
make (assets) available
“release the holdings in the dictator's bank account”
verb
let off the hook
“I absolve you from this responsibility”
verb
free or remove obstruction from
“free a path across the cluttered floor”
verb
remove or force out from a position
“The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums”
verb
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
verb
part with a possession or right
“I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest”
verb
relieve from
“Rid the house of pests”
verb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
verb
free from obligations or duties
verb
make (information) available for publication
“release the list with the names of the prisoners”
verb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
“She exempted me from the exam”
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a loose interpretation of what she had been told
a free translation of the poem
writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning
free expansion
free oxygen
a free electron
the detached shutter fell on him
he pulled his arm free and ran
free enterprise
a free port
a free country
I have an hour free
free will
after the Civil War he was a free man
a free locker
a free lane
a free hour between classes
spare time on my hands
complimentary tickets
free admission
cows in India are running loose
the home of the free and the brave
release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
I absolve you from this responsibility
free a path across the cluttered floor
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
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
resign a claim to the throne
Rid the house of pests
release the list with the names of the prisoners
She exempted me from the exam
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