Definitions of free:

• noun:   people who are free

  Example: "The home of the free and the brave"

• verb:   grant freedom to; free from confinement
• verb:   free from obligations or duties
• verb:   make (information) available publication
• verb:   free or remove obstruction from

  Example: "Free a path across the cluttered floor"

• verb:   relieve from
• verb:   remove or force out from a position

  Example: "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble"

• verb:   grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
• verb:   make (assets) available
• verb:   let off the hook
• verb:   part with a possession or right
• adjective:   not occupied or in use

  Example: "A free locker"

• adjective:   not literal

  Example: "A free translation of the poem"

• adjective:   unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion

  Example: "Free expansion"

• adjective:   able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

  Example: "Free enterprise"

• adjective:   not held in servitude

  Example: "After the Civil War he was a free man"

• adjective:   not taken up by scheduled activities

  Example: "A free hour between classes"

• adjective:   not fixed in position

  Example: "He pulled his arm free and ran"

• adjective:   costing nothing
• adverb:   without restraint
• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #2951)