Free Definition–adjective | 1. | enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. | | 2. | pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. | | 3. | existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world. | |
| 4. | enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent. | | 5. | exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted. | | 6. | able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose. | | 7. | clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock. | | 8. | not occupied or in use: I'll try to phone her again if the line is free. | |
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9. | exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc. (usually fol. by from or of): free from worry; free of taxes. | | 10. | having immunity or being safe (usually fol. by from): free from danger. | | 11. | provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample. | | 12. | given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice. | | 13. | unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift. | | 14. | not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free. | | 15. | not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged. | | 16. | acting without self-restraint or reserve: to be too free with one's tongue. | | 17. | ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice. | | 18. | given readily or in profusion; unstinted. | | 19. | frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar. | | 20. | unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior. | | 21. | not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage. | | 22. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy. | | 23. | that may be used by or is open to all: a free market. | | 24. | engaged in by all present; general: a free fight. | | 25. | not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose. | | 26. | uncombined chemically: free oxygen. | | 27. | traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight. | | 28. | Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in an open syllable (opposed to checked ). | | 29. | at liberty to enter and enjoy at will (usually fol. by of): to be free of a friend's house. | | 30. | not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes. | | 31. | easily worked, as stone, land, etc. | | 32. | Mathematics. (of a vector) having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point. Compare bound 1 (def. 9). | | 33. | Also, large. Nautical. (of a wind) nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free. | | 34. | not containing a specified substance (often used in combination): a sugar-free soft drink. | | 35. | (of a linguistic form) occurring as an independent construction, without necessary combination with other forms, as most words. Compare bound 1 (def. 11). | | 36. | without cost, payment, or charge. | –adverb | 37. | in a free manner; freely. | | 38. | Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free. | –verb (used with object) | 39. | to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint. | | 40. | to exempt or deliver (usually fol
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. by from). | | 41. | to relieve or rid (usually fol. by of): to free oneself of responsibility. | | 42. | to disengage; clear (usually fol. by from or of). | —Verb phrase | 43. | free up, | a. | to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system. | | b. | to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam.
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ilor mended my jacket for free. | | 45. | free and clear, Law. without any encumbrance, as a lien or mortgage: They owned their house free and clear. | | 46. | free and easy, | a. | unrestrained; casual; informal. | | b. | excessively or inappropriately casual; presumptuous. | | | 47. | make free with, | a. | to use as one's own; help oneself to: If you make free with their liquor, you won't be invited again. | | b. | to treat with too much familiarity; take liberties with. | | | 48. | set free, to release; liberate; free: The prisoners were set free. | | 49. | with a free hand, generously; freely; openhandedly: He entertains visitors with a free hand. | From Dictionary Web Definition–noun | 1. | something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving. | | 2. | a thin, silken material spun by spiders and the larvae of some insects, as the webworms and tent caterpillars; cobweb. | | 3. | Textiles. | a. | a woven fabric, esp. a whole piece of cloth in the course of being woven or after it comes from the loom. | | b. | the flat woven strip, without pile, often found at one or both ends of an Oriental rug. | | | 4. | something resembling woven material, esp. something having an interlaced or latticelike appearance: He looked up at the web of branches of the old tree. | | 5. | an intricate set or pattern of circumstances, facts, etc.: The thief was convicted by a web of evidence. Who can understand the web of life? | | 6. | something that snares or entangles; a trap: innocent travelers caught in the web of international terrorism. | | 8. | Zoology. a membrane that connects the digits of an animal, as the toes of aquatic birds. | | 9. | Ornithology. | a. | the series of barbs on each side of the shaft of a feather. | | b. | the series on both sides, collectively. | | | 10. | an integral or separate part of a beam, rail, truss, or the like, that forms a continuous, flat, narrow, rigid connection between two stronger, broader parallel parts, as the flanges of a structural shape, the head and foot of a rail, or the upper and lower chords of a truss. | | 11. | Machinery. an arm of a crank, usually one of a pair, holding one end of a crankpin at its outer end. | | 12. | Architecture. (in a vault) any surface framed by ribbing. | | 13. | a large roll of paper, as for continuous feeding of a web press. | | 14. | a network of interlinked stations, services, communications, etc., covering a region or country. | | 15. | Informal. a network of radio or television broadcasting stations. | –verb (used with object) | 17. | to cover with or as if with a web; envelop. | | 18. | to ensnare or entrap. | –verb (used without object) | 19. | to make or form a web. | |
From Dictionary Service Definition–noun | 1. | an act of helpful activity; help; aid: to do someone a service. | | 2. | the supplying or supplier of utilities or commodities, as water, electricity, or gas, required or demanded by the public. | | 3. | the providing or a provider of accommodation and activities required by the public, as maintenance, repair, etc.: The manufacturer guarantees service and parts. | | 4. | the organized system of apparatus, appliances, employees, etc., for supplying some accommodation required by the public: a television repair service. | | 5. | the supplying or a supplier of public communication and transportation: telephone service; bus service. | | 6. | the performance of duties or the duties performed as or by a waiter or servant; occupation or employment as a waiter or servant. | | 7. | employment in any duties or work for a person, organization, government, etc. | | 8. | a department of public employment, an administrative division of a government, or the body of public servants in it: the diplomatic service. | | 9. | the duty or work of public servants. | | 10. | the serving of a sovereign, state, or government in some official capacity. | | 11. | Military. | a. | the armed forces: in the service. | | b. | a branch of the armed forces, as the army or navy: Which service were you in during the war? | | | 12. | Ordnance. the actions required in loading and firing a cannon: service of the piece. | | 13. | Often, services. the performance of any duties or work for another; helpful or professional activity: medical services. | | 14. | something made or done by a commercial organization for the public benefit and without regard to direct profit: Certain books are published at a loss as a public service. | | 15. | Also called divine service. public religious worship according to prescribed form and order. | | 16. | a ritual or form prescribed for public worship or for some particular occasion: the marriage service. | | 17. | the serving of God by obedience, piety, etc.: voluntary service. | | 18. | a musical setting of the sung portions of a liturgy. | | 19. | a set of dishes, utensils, etc., for general table use or for particular use: a tea service; service for eight. | | 21. | Law. the serving of a process or writ upon a person. | | 22. | Nautical. tarred spun yarn or other small stuff for covering the exterior of a rope. | | 23. | (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) | a. | the act or manner of putting the ball or shuttlecock into play; serve. | | b. | the ball or shuttlecock as put into play. | | | 24. | the mating of a female animal with the male. | –adjective | 26. | of, pertaining to, or used by servants, delivery people, etc., or in serving food: service stairs; the service pieces in a set of dishes. | | 27. | supplying aids or services rather than products or goods: Medicine is one of the service professions. | | 28. | supplying maintenance and repair: He operates a service center for electrical appliances. | | 29. | of, for, or pertaining to the armed forces of a country or one of them: a service academy. | | 30. | charged for providing service: a service fee of 15 percent on the restaurant check. | | 31. | providing, authorizing, or guaranteeing service: a service industry; a service contract. | –verb (used with object) | 32. | to make fit for use; repair; restore to condition for service: to service an automobile. | | 33. | to supply with aid, information, or other incidental services. | | 34. | (of a male animal) to mate with (a female animal). | | 35. | Finance. to pay off (a debt) over a period of time, as by meeting peri
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