Not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem" not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands" not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man" not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him"; "he pulled his arm free and ran" not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane" costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice" without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave" make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor" free from obligations or duties make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" grant freedom to; free from confinement
A critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?" miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"; "The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist" treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin" overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" fill completely; "The child stuffed his pockets with candy"
The official currency issued by a government or national bank; "he changed his money into francs" wealth reckoned in terms of money; "all his money is in real estate" the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"