Definition of "free" in Anglais

adjective

1. (social) Unconstrained.

   • He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.

2. Obtainable without any payment.

   • The government provides free health care.
   • It's free real estate.

3. (abstract) Unconstrained.

4. (physical) Unconstrained.

5. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.

   • We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.

6. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.

   • a free horse

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

8. (UK, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.

   • free service;  free socage

9. (law) Privileged or individual; proprietary.

   • a free fishery;  a free warren

adverb

1. Without needing to pay.

   • I got this bike free.

2. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.

verb

1. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

2. (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. [with from]

3. (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

noun

1. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.

   • Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.

2. (soccer) A free transfer.

3. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.

4. (swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.

   • The team won the 200 meters free relay.