What part of speech is free?

Free can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. free is a verb, present, 1st person singular of free (infinitive).
  • 2. free is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. free is a noun, singular of frees.
  • 4. free is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • free
    freely 
  • adjective: free
  • adverb: freely 

What does free mean?

Definitions

Adjective

free - able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"
free - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron"
free - not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
free - not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
free - not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
free - not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran"
free - not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
free - costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
free - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

Adverb

free - Without needing to pay.

Verb

free - grant freedom to; free from confinement
free - free from obligations or duties
free - free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
free - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
free - relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
free - grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam"
free - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
free - let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
free - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
free - remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"
free - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

Noun

free - people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

Examples of free

#   Sentence  
1. noun The home of the free and the brave.
2. verb Free a path across the cluttered floor.
3. verb He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble.
4. verb You should free those animals from the cage.
5. verb Are you free now?
6. verb The little boy struggled to free himself from the policeman.
7. verb She opened the window to free the kitchen of the smell.
8. verb They would not fight to free the slaves.
9. verb Excuse me, is this seat free?
10. verb If you won't free yourself from this sadness soon, it will poison your whole life.
11. verb Is this seat free?
12. verb Tom struggled to free himself.
13. verb He wants us to free the prisoners.
14. verb We will free you from the elevator.
15. verb A human being is part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
16. verb God’s blessing on all nations, who long and work for that bright day, when o’er earth’s habitations no war, no strife shall hold its sway; who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours be, who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours, no more shall foes, but neighbours be.
17. adj. Free enterprise.
18. adj. A free port.
19. adj. A free country.
20. adj. I have an hour free.
21. adj. Free will.
22. adj. Free of racism.
23. adj. Feel free to stay as long as you wish.
24. adj. A free choice.
25. adj. Free expansion.
26. adj. Free oxygen.
27. adj. A free electron.
28. adj. After the Civil War he was a free man.
29. adj. A free translation of the poem.
30. adj. A free locker.
31. adj. A free lane.
Sentence  
noun
The home of the free and the brave.
verb
Free a path across the cluttered floor.
He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble.
You should free those animals from the cage.
Are you free now?
The little boy struggled to free himself from the policeman.
She opened the window to free the kitchen of the smell.
They would not fight to free the slaves.
Excuse me, is this seat free?
If you won't free yourself from this sadness soon, it will poison your whole life.
Is this seat free?
Tom struggled to free himself.
He wants us to free the prisoners.
We will free you from the elevator.
A human being is part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
God’s blessing on all nations, who long and work for that bright day, when o’er earth’s habitations no war, no strife shall hold its sway; who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours be, who long to see that all men free no more shall foes, but neighbours, no more shall foes, but neighbours be.
adj.
Free enterprise.
A free port.
A free country.
I have an hour free.
Free will.
Free of racism.
Feel free to stay as long as you wish.
A free choice.
Free expansion.
Free oxygen.
A free electron.
After the Civil War he was a free man.
A free translation of the poem.
A free locker.
A free lane.

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