free
verb [T] (MAKE LOOSE) /friː/Definition
› to move or make loose someone or something that is caught or held somewhere: Both men were freed from the wreckage after a four-hour operation. In vain he tried to free the rope around his hands.Liberating, relaxing and releasing
(Definition of free verb (MAKE LOOSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- decontrol verb
- deregulate verb
- discharge verb (ALLOW TO LEAVE)
- emancipate verb
- exempt verb
- free verb (NOT IN PRISON)
- free verb (REMOVE LIMITS)
- get (sb/sth) out phrasal verb
- let/set sth loose idiom
- liberate verb
- loosen (sb) up phrasal verb
- loosen sb's tongue idiom 1
- loosen sb's tongue idiom 2
- relax verb (RULE)
- relax your grip/hold idiom
- release noun (MAKING FREE)
- release noun (MAKING PUBLIC)
- release verb (MAKE PUBLIC)
- unbind verb
- unhand verb
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