free

adv. at no charge; freely, in a free manner

adj. liberated; released; possessing liberty; available; exempt; not busy; that costs nothing, without charge; gratuitous, given at no charge; plentiful; unrestrained; spontaneous, without reserve in speaking to other people; not exact, not literal

v. release, liberate; exempt; remove something which restricts or confines; loosen, disentangle, clear away

n. people who are free

Free may refer to:Computer scienceFree softwareFree-warefree (programming), a function in certain programming language libraries that releases dynamically allocated memory for re-useFree U.C.S Outline Fonts, also known as free-font, an open font project
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"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" was the first pop single written by British duo Lighthouse Family for their third album Whatever Gets You Through the Day (2001). The song was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quamby. It was their first single release in nearly three years and was released in November 2001 and reached the top 10 in Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany; the top 20 in Austria and Spain; the top 30 in Switzerland; and the top 50 in the United World Chart.
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Free... is an EP by stoner metal band Acid King. It was released in February 2001 on Man's Ruin Records, as a split CD with Clearlight. The first four songs are performed by Acid King, and the remaining two by Clearlight. The Clearlight portion is entitled The Father, the Son and the Holy Smoke.Free... features Guy Pinhas performing bass, and is the first Acid King album on which he appears. Pinhas left the band after performing bass on their next album, III.The cover artwork is a photograph of Acid King's frontwoman Lori S. holding her motorcycle helmet.
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Noun
1. people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
(synonym) free people
(hypernym) people
(derivation) liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
Verb
1. grant freedom to; free from confinement
(synonym) liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose
(antonym) confine, detain
(hyponym) unspell
(derivation) free people
2. relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests"
(synonym) rid, disembarrass
(hyponym) cleanse
3. 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"
(synonym) dislodge
(hypernym) remove, take, take away, withdraw
4. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
(synonym) exempt, relieve
(hyponym) derestrict
5. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
(synonym) release
(hypernym) issue, supply
(hyponym) declassify
6. free from obligations or duties
(synonym) discharge
(hyponym) divest, disinvest
(derivation) liberation, release, freeing
7. free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
(synonym) disengage
(antonym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(hyponym) dig out
8. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
(synonym) absolve, justify
(hypernym) forgive
(hyponym) excuse, relieve, let off, exempt
9. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
(synonym) release, relinquish, resign, give up
(hypernym) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
(hyponym) derequisition
10. make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
(synonym) unblock, unfreeze, release
(hypernym) issue, supply
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) unfree
(similar) at large(p), at liberty(p), escaped, loose, on the loose(p)
(attribute) freedom
2. unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
(antonym) bound
(similar) liberated
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
3. costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
(synonym) complimentary, costless, gratis(p), gratuitous
(similar) unpaid
4. not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
(similar) unoccupied
5. not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
(synonym) detached
(similar) unfixed
6. not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
(antonym) slave(a)
(similar) emancipated, freed, liberated
7. not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
(synonym) spare
(similar) unoccupied
8. not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
(synonym) loose, liberal
(similar) inexact
Adverb
1. without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
(synonym) loose

(a.)
To frank.
  

(a.)
To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be freed of these inconveniences.
  

(a.)
To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
  

(adv.)
Freely; willingly.
  

(adv.)
Without charge; as, children admitted free.
  

(superl.)
Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
  

(superl.)
Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
  

(superl.)
Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
  

(superl.)
Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
  

(superl.)
Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
  

(superl.)
Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; -- followed by of.
  

(superl.)
Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
  

(superl.)
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.
  

(superl.)
Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
  

(superl.)
Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
  

(superl.)
Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
  

(superl.)
Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said of the will.
  

(superl.)
Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
  

(superl.)
Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
  

(superl.)
Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
  

(superl.)
Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
  

(superl.)
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; as, a free school.
  

(superl.)
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
  

(superl.)
Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.
  

See free software, free variable.

According to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation, free software is software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies it must be available as source code. It does not imply that it is free of charge, so anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use.
This dictionary is free in this sense, though it is not really software.
There are many other kinds of "free software" in the more obvious sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".