free

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/fɹiː/]

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1. free (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To make free; set at liberty; release.

Example: Pro.[…]Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.

2. free (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

Example: Then 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."

3. free (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

Example: There is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends.

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