free with something Definition

free
adj freer, freest

1. Allowed to move as one pleases; not shut in.
2. Not tied or fastened.

Thesaurus: unimpeded, unobstructed, unhampered, loose, unentangled, clear, disengaged, extricated; Antonym: fixed, fastened, rooted.
3. Allowed to do as one pleases; not restricted, controlled or enslaved.
4. Said of a country: independent.

Thesaurus: sovereign, independent, autonomous, liberated, self-governing, democratic, self-ruling.
5. Costing nothing.

Thesaurus: gratuitous, gratis, for nothing, without charge, complimentary, on the house; Antonym: paid for, charged for.
6. Open or available to all.
7. Not working, busy, engaged or having another appointment.
8. Not occupied; not being used.
9. Said of a translation: not precisely literal.
10. Smooth and easy.

Example: free and relaxed body movement
11. Without obstruction.

Example: given free passage
12. derog
Said of a person's manner: disrespectful, over-familiar or presumptuous.
13. chem.
Not combined with another chemical element.
14a. Not containing the specified ingredient, substance, factor, etc (which is usually considered to be undesirable);

Example: sugar-free
Example: milk-free
Example: nuclear-free
14b. Free from, or not affected or troubled by, the specified thing;

Example: trouble-free meeting
Example: stress-free weekend
Example: carefree
14c. Not paying or exempt from the specified thingA 17c and particularly since the 1970s in sense 14a; 16c in sense 14b; Anglo-Saxon in sense 14c.

Example: rent-free
Example: tax-free

adverb

1. Without payment.

Example: free of charge
2. Freely; without restriction.

Example: wander free

verb

frees, freed, freeing
1. To allow someone to move without restriction after a period in captivity, prison, etc; to set or make someone free; to liberate someone.

Thesaurus: liberate, release, rescue, extricate, disengage, let loose; Antonym: seize, capture, incarcerate.

Derivative: freely
adverb

Without reservation or reluctance
Thesaurus: liberally, lavishly, abundantly, open-handedly, generously, willingly, voluntarily, of one's own accord; Antonym: reluctantly.

Derivative: freeness
noun

Idiom: feel free

colloq
You have permission (to do something).
Example: Feel free to borrow my bike anytime

Idiom: for free

colloq
Without payment.

Idiom: free and easy

Cheerfully casual or tolerant.

Idiom: a free hand

Scope to choose how best to act.

Idiom: free of something (free from something)

Without; not or no longer having or suffering (especially something harmful, unpleasant or not wanted).
Example: free of fear
Example: finally free from the aching pain

Idiom: free with something

Open, generous, lavish or liberal.
Example: free with her money
Example: free with his body

Idiom: it's a free country

colloq
There's no objection to acting in the way mentioned.

Idiom: make free with something

To make too much, or unacceptable, use of something not one's own.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon freo.

Phrasal Verb: free someone of something

To make them free from it; to release them.To rid or relieve them of it.