people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
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"
not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free man"
not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"
grant freedom to; free from confinement
free from obligations or duties
make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
of or intended for or involved in military operations
pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"
a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing"
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
any of several bite-sized candies
a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"
touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain"