Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
spare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
free (noun) | spare (noun) |
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people who are free | a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls |
an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle | |
an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
free (adjective) | spare (adjective) |
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not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint | lacking in magnitude or quantity |
not held in servitude | thin and fit |
unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion | lacking embellishment or ornamentation |
not literal | not taken up by scheduled activities |
completely wanting or lacking | more than is needed, desired, or required |
not fixed in position | kept in reserve especially for emergency use |
costing nothing | |
not taken up by scheduled activities | |
not occupied or in use |
free (verb) | spare (verb) |
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make (assets) available | use frugally or carefully |
let off the hook | give up what is not strictly needed |
free or remove obstruction from | refrain from harming |
remove or force out from a position | save or relieve from an experience or action |
release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | |
part with a possession or right | |
relieve from | |
grant freedom to; free from confinement | |
make (information) available for publication | |
free from obligations or duties | |
grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to |
free (adverb) | spare (adverb) |
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without restraint |