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Related to friend.\n\n\ncognates, etc\n\nGermanic cognates include West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”).\nOther cognates include Russian приятель (prijatelʹ, “friend”) and Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá-, “beloved”).\nGermanic 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\").12\n\n\nThe verb comes from Middle English freen, freoȝen, from Old English frēon, frēoġan (“to free; make free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(social) Unconstrained.\nHe was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.\n1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Quickly, spirit! / Thou shalt ere long be free.\n1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up .”\n2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.\nSynonyms: unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered\nAntonyms: constrained, restricted", "submean": [ "Not imprisoned or enslaved.\na free man\nAntonyms: bound, enslaved, imprisoned", "Unconstrained by timidity or distrust\nSynonyms: unreserved, frank, communicative\n1818, Richard Milward, The Table Talk of John Selden, page xxiv:Dr. Wilkins says, \"He was naturally of a serious temper, which was somewhat soured by his sufferings, so that he was free only with a few.\"", "Generous; liberal.\nHe's very free with his money.", "(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.\n1679, John Dryden, Oedipus: A Tragedy, page 59:My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.", "Without obligations.\nfree time", "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.\na free school\n1590-2, William Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, I, ii:Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free / For me as for you?", "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.\nThis is a free country.", "(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.\nOpenOffice is free software.\nSynonym: libre\nAntonyms: proprietary, non-free", "(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version." ] }, { "mean": "Obtainable without any payment.\n2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:Since the launch early last year of  two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.\nThe government provides free health care.\nIt's free real estate.\nSynonyms: free of charge, gratis", "submean": [ "(by extension, chiefly advertising slang) complimentary\nBuy a TV to get a free DVD player!" ] }, { "mean": "(abstract) Unconstrained.", "submean": [ "(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.\nthe free group on three generators", "(mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.\n\n\n\n\nz\n\n\n{\\displaystyle z}\n\n is the free variable in \n\n\n\n∀\nx\n∃\ny\n:\nx\ny\n=\nz\n\n\n{\\displaystyle \\forall x\\exists y:xy=z}\n\n.\nAntonym: bound", "(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.\nSynonym: unbound\nAntonym: bound", "(linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme." ] }, { "mean": "(physical) Unconstrained.", "submean": [ "Unobstructed, without blockages.\nthe drain was free\nSynonyms: clear, unobstructed\nAntonyms: blocked, obstructed", "Unattached or uncombined.\na free radical\nSynonyms: loose, unfastened; see also Thesaurus:loose", "Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.\nYou can sit on this chair; it's free.", "(botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.\nIn this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.\n1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 7:Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute ", "(military) Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched." ] }, { "mean": "Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.\nSynonym: without\nWe had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.\n1679-1715, Gilbert Burnet, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England:princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties\n1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier." }, { "mean": "(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.\na free horse" }, { "mean": "(dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.\n1697, John Dryden, “Part 3, line 1245”, in The Hind and the Panther:He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, / Free of his farm." }, { "mean": "(UK, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.\nfree service;  free socage" }, { "mean": "(law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.\na free fishery;  a free warren" } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Without needing to pay.\nI got this bike free.\n1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.\nSynonyms: for free, for nothing" }, { "mean": "(obsolete) Freely; willingly.\nc. 1601–1602, Henry VIII, published 1623:I as free forgive you / As I would be forgiven." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.\n1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 5:Pro. Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.\n1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:\nThen 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.\"" }, { "mean": "(transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.\n2002, Jesse Liberty, SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours (page 148)\nThere is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.\n2006, :\nWhether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren." }, { "mean": "(soccer) A free transfer.\n2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport‎:Hargreaves, who left Manchester United on a free during the summer, drilled a 22-yard beauty to open the scoring." }, { "mean": "(hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed." }, { "mean": "(swimming, informal) Abbreviation of freestyle.\nThe team won the 200 meters free relay." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }