Definition of "free"
free
adjective
comparative freer or free-er or (rare) freeër, superlative freest or free-est or (rare) freeëst
(social) Unconstrained.
(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
Obtainable without any payment.
(by extension, chiefly used in advertising) Complimentary.
(abstract) Unconstrained.
(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
(law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
verb
third-person singular simple present frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed
(transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
noun
plural frees
(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
(swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.