free
/fɹi/ verb B2- To make free; set at liberty; release.
- To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
- To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
He/she/it frees · Past freed · Past participle freed · -ing form freeing
Verb forms
- Base form
- free
- He/she/it
- frees
- Past
- freed
- Past participle
- freed
- -ing form
- freeing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaiming:
“Well, my dear Dantès, are you now free?” inquired the owner.
And Dorothy oiled them and the Scarecrow bent them carefully until they were quite free from rust and as good as new.
The field mouse, now that it was freed from its enemy, stopped short; and coming slowly up to the Woodman it said, in a squeaky little voice:
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