FREE

Free

Free was an English rock band formed in London in 1968 best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums. Lead guitarist Paul Kossoff formed Back Street Crawler and died from a drug-induced heart failure at the age of 25 in 1976. Bassist Andy Fraser formed Sharks.

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free

Noun

  1. Abbreviation of free kick.
  2. free transfer
  3. The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.

Verb

  1. To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.

Adjective

  1. Not imprisoned or enslaved.
  2. Obtainable without any payment.
  3. Obtainable without additional payment, as a bonus given when paying for something else.
  4. Unconstrained.
  5. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; frank; communicative.
  6. Generous; liberal.
    He's very free with his money.
  7. Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
  8. Unconstrained by relators.
  9. Unconstrained by quantifiers.
    z is the free variable in "<math>\forall x\exists y:xy=z</math>".
  10. Unobstructed, without blockages.
  11. Unattached or uncombined.
  12. Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
  13. Without obligations.
  14. With very few limitations on distribution or modification.
  15. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
  16. Of identifiers, not bound.
  17. Not attached; loose.
  18. That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
  19. Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
  20. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
    a free horse
  21. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
  22. 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.
    a free school
  23. 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.
    This is a free country.
  24. Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
    free service; free socage
  25. Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
    a free fishery; a free warren

Adverb

  1. Without needing to pay.
    I got this bike free.
  2. Freely; willingly.


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