Freed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Freed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Freeing}.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See {Free},
     a.]
     1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
        confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
        release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and


        sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
        freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
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              Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
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              Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
        from the constraint of.
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              This master key
              Frees every lock, and leads us to his person.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  freed
       adj 1: freed from bondage [syn: {emancipated}, {liberated}]
       2: having become freed from entanglement; disengaged [syn: {disentangled},
           {extricated}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "freed":
     afoot and lighthearted, at large, at liberty, clear, delivered,
     detached, disengaged, easygoing, emancipated, extricated,
     footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy,
     free as air, freeborn, go-as-you-please, in the clear, liberated,
     loose, on parole, on the loose, redeemed, released, rescued,
     scot-free, unattached, unbound, uncommitted, unengaged, uninvolved,
     unshackled, untied