Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word free. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in free.
Definitions and meaning of free
free
Etymology
From Middle Englishfree, fre, freo, from Old Englishfrēo(“free”), from Proto-West Germanic*frī, from Proto-Germanic*frijaz(“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European*priHós(“dear, beloved”), from *preyH-(“to love, please”). Related to friend. Cognate with West Frisianfrij(“free”), Dutchvrij(“free”), Low Germanfree(“free”), Germanfrei(“free”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegianfri(“free”), Sanskritप्रिय(priyá).
Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").
The verb comes from Middle Englishfreen, freoȝen, from Old Englishfrēon, frēoġan(“to free; make free”), from Proto-West Germanic*frijōn, from Proto-Germanic*frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European*preyH-.
Pronunciation
enPR: frē, IPA(key): /fɹiː/, [fɹɪi̯]
Rhymes: -iː
Homophone: three(with th-fronting)
Adjective
free (comparativefreer, superlativefreest)
(social) Unconstrained.
1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, scene i:
Quickly, spirit! / Thou shalt ere long be free.
Synonyms:unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered
Antonyms:constrained, restricted
Not imprisoned or enslaved.
Antonyms:bound, enslaved, imprisoned
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
Synonyms:unreserved, frank, communicative
Generous; liberal.
(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
Without obligations.
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.
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.
(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
Synonym:libre
Antonym:proprietary
(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
Antonym:bound
(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
Synonym:unbound
Antonym:bound
(linguistics)(of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
(physical) Unconstrained.
Unobstructed, without blockages.
Synonyms:clear, unobstructed
Antonyms:blocked, obstructed
Unattached or uncombined.
Synonyms:loose, unfastened; see also Thesaurus:loose
Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
(botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
Synonym:without
(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
(dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
(Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
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(law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
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Antonyms
unfree
Hyponyms
-free
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adverb
free (comparativemore free, superlativemost free)
Without needing to pay.
Synonyms:for free, for nothing
(obsolete) Freely; willingly.
Translations
Verb
free (third-person singular simple presentfrees, present participlefreeing, simple past and past participlefreed)
(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil."
Derived terms
befree
Synonyms
befree
emancipate
let loose
liberate
manumit
release
unchain
unfetter
unshackle
Translations
Noun
free (pluralfrees)
(Australian rules football, Gaelic football)Abbreviation of free kick.
2006, [1]:
Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.
free transfer
(hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
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References
Anagrams
feer, fere, reef
Galician
Verb
free
first-person singular present subjunctive of frear
third-person singular present subjunctive of frear
Low German
Alternative forms
frie(more common)
Etymology
From Middle Low Germanvrîe, variant of vrî, from Old Saxonfrī, from Proto-Germanic*frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European*prey(“new”). Compare Dutchvrij, West Frisianfrij, Englishfree, Germanfrei.