Free vs. Spare
Freeadjective
(social) Unconstrained.
Freeadjective
Not imprisoned or enslaved.
Freeadjective
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
Freeadjective
Generous; liberal.
Freeadjective
(obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
Freeadjective
Without obligations.
Freeadjective
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.
Freeadjective
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.
Freeadjective
(software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
Freeadjective
(software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
Freeadjective
Obtainable without any payment.
Freeadjective
complimentary
Freeadjective
(abstract) Unconstrained.
Freeadjective
(mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
Freeadjective
Unconstrained by quantifiers.
Freeadjective
(programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
Freeadjective
(linguistics) of a morpheme That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
Freeadjective
(physical) Unconstrained.
Freeadjective
Unobstructed, without blockages.
Freeadjective
Unattached or uncombined.
Freeadjective
Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
Freeadjective
Not attached; loose.
Freeadjective
Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
Freeadjective
(dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
Freeadjective
(dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
Freeadjective
Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
Freeadjective
(legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
Freeadverb
Without needing to pay.
Freeadverb
(obsolete) Freely; willingly.
Freeverb
(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
Freeverb
(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
Freenoun
abbreviation of free kick
Freenoun
free transfer
Freenoun
(hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
Freeadjective
Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
Freeadjective
Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and defended by them from encroachments upon natural or acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
Freeadjective
Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control of parents, guardian, or master.
Freeadjective
Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest; liberated; at liberty to go.
Freeadjective
Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; - said of the will.
Freeadjective
Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
Freeadjective
Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
Freeadjective
Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; - used in a bad sense.
Freeadjective
Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish; as, free with his money.
Freeadjective
Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; - followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
Freeadjective
Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming; easy.
Freeadjective
Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.
Freeadjective
Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; - followed by of.
Freeadjective
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; as, a free school.
Freeadjective
Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous; spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
Freeadjective
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.
Freeadjective
Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
Freeadjective
Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
Freeadjective
Not united or combined with anything else; separated; dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free carbonic acid gas; free cells.
Freeadverb
Freely; willingly.
Freeadverb
Without charge; as, children admitted free.
Freeverb
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.
Freeverb
To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of.
Freeverb
To frank.
Freenoun
people who are free;
Freeverb
grant freedom to; free from confinement
Freeverb
relieve from;
Freeverb
remove or force out from a position;
Freeverb
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
Freeverb
make (information) available publication;
Freeverb
free from obligations or duties
Freeverb
free or remove obstruction from;
Freeverb
let off the hook;
Freeverb
part with a possession or right;
Freeverb
make (assets) available;
Freeadjective
able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint;
Freeadjective
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion;
Freeadjective
costing nothing;
Freeadjective
not occupied or in use;
Freeadjective
not fixed in position;
Freeadjective
not held in servitude;
Freeadjective
not taken up by scheduled activities;
Freeadjective
not literal;
Freeadverb
without restraint;
Freeadjective
able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another
Freeadjective
able or permitted to take a specified action
Freeadjective
(of a state or its citizens or institutions) subject neither to foreign domination nor to despotic government
Freeadjective
not a slave
Freeadjective
denoting an ethnic or political group actively opposing an occupying or invading force, in particular the groups that continued resisting the Germans in the Second World War after the fall of their countries
Freeadjective
not or no longer confined or imprisoned
Freeadjective
not physically obstructed or fixed
Freeadjective
(of power or energy) disengaged or available.
Freeadjective
not bound in an atom, a molecule, or a compound
Freeadjective
denoting a linguistic form that can be used in isolation.
Freeadjective
not subject to engagements or obligations
Freeadjective
(of a facility or piece of equipment) not occupied or in use
Freeadjective
not subject to or affected by (something undesirable)
Freeadjective
given or available without charge
Freeadjective
using or expending something without restraint; lavish
Freeadjective
frank or unrestrained in speech, expression, or action
Freeadjective
overfamiliar or forward.
Freeadjective
(of literature or music) not observing the normal conventions of style or form.
Freeadjective
(of a translation) conveying only the broad sense; not literal.
Freeadjective
(of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction to the side or aft of a vessel.
Freeadverb
without cost or payment
Freeadverb
with the sheets eased
Freeverb
release from confinement or slavery
Freeverb
release from physical obstruction or restraint
Freeverb
remove something undesirable or restrictive from
Freeverb
make available for a particular purpose
Spareadjective
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
Spareadjective
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Spareadjective
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Spareadjective
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
Spareadjective
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Spareadjective
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
Spareadjective
Slow.
Sparenoun
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
Sparenoun
Parsimony; frugal use.
Sparenoun
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
Sparenoun
That which has not been used or expended.
Sparenoun
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
Sparenoun
A superfluous or second-best person, specially (in a dynastic context) in the phrase "An heir and a spare".
Sparenoun
(bowling) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
Sparenoun
(bowling) The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
Sparenoun
(Canada) A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
Spareverb
To show mercy.
Spareverb
(intransitive) To desist; to stop; to refrain.
Spareverb
(intransitive) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
Spareverb
(transitive) To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy.
Spareverb
To keep.
Spareverb
(intransitive) To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
Spareverb
(transitive) To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
Spareverb
(transitive) To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
Spareverb
(transitive) to give up To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
Spareverb
To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.
Spareverb
To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
Spareverb
To preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy to.
Spareverb
To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
Spareverb
To deprive one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
Spareverb
To be frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
Spareverb
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
Spareverb
To desist; to stop; to refrain.
Spareadjective
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
Spareadjective
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
Spareadjective
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
Spareadjective
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
Spareadjective
Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Spareadjective
Slow.
Sparenoun
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
Sparenoun
Parsimony; frugal use.
Sparenoun
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
Sparenoun
That which has not been used or expended.
Sparenoun
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare. For the meaning in modern bowling, see sense 6.
Sparenoun
The act of knocking down all ten pins in two bowls, which entitles the bowler to add the number of pins knocked down in the next bowl to the score for the frame in which the spare occurred.
Sparenoun
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Sparenoun
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
Sparenoun
a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
Spareverb
refrain from harming
Spareverb
save or relieve from an experience or action;
Spareverb
give up what is not strictly needed;
Spareverb
use frugally or carefully
Spareadjective
thin and fit;
Spareadjective
more than is needed, desired, or required;
Spareadjective
just sufficient;
Spareadjective
not taken up by scheduled activities;
Spareadjective
kept in reserve especially for emergency use;
Spareadjective
lacking in amplitude or quantity;
