to free
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7.5
- verb
- /friː/
- Specialized
- Desorption frees up space for incoming molecules, and the process continues.
Examples
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Fossil fuels freed humanity to apply an incredible amount of unused brain power to scientific advancement without hard labor having to be done.
Blog text (6) -
The excessive rate of bone breakdown frees calcium that, in turn, can be elevated in serum and excreted in urine.
Academic text (2004) -
When light strikes the cell, its energy frees electrons within the silicon.
Academic text (2009) -
This frees up large amounts of arachidonic acid.
Academic text (1999) -
When light strikes the cell, its energy frees electrons within the silicon.
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An oven will cook the samples, freeing gases and water trapped inside.
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The excessive rate of bone breakdown frees calcium that can be elevated in serum.
Synonyms
168
2.7
To allow a liquid, gas, or energy to flow out
2
5.8
Release a gas or energy during a chemical reaction
1
7.9
To release gas from a material when it is heated or in a vacuum
Antonyms
Idioms
1
8.4
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Phrasal Verbs
226
2.7
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
79
3.4
Have permission to leave a place where you were kept, usually after being arrested or accused
Compounds
- Formal
177
3.2
The right to say what you think in public without the government stopping you
- Archaic
56
6.7
Countries with non-communist governments that opposed the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- Specialized
39
4.1
An area near a port where companies store goods for export without paying customs duties
38
3.8
A system where private businesses compete and the market sets prices with little government control
- Informal
37
4.2
An excuse that lets someone avoid rules or blame because of their position
- Literature
28
3.0
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Specialized
16
3.2
A computer program with its code available that you can use, change, and share without paying
12
3.7
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- NSFW
12
6.5
Sex between people who are not married, often part of a belief in sexual freedom
- Specialized
10
5.1
A small unstable atom or molecule that can damage body cells by reacting with them
10
3.7
A person who sells their work to different companies or people without a long contract
8
7.2
A belief in religious ideas based on reason and facts rather than on tradition or leaders
- Specialized
6
2.3
A kick given to a team after the other team breaks a rule, taken without nearby opponents
- Archaic
6
6.9
A state where laws did not allow people to own slaves before the American Civil War
5
3.9
A person who supports trade between countries without import taxes or other barriers
5
3.2
A way of eating that avoids foods with gluten for people with celiac disease or gluten intolerance
- Specialized
2
6.8
A way of saying the first thought that comes to your mind to find hidden feelings
2
4.7
Supporting a system where private businesses compete with little government control
- Specialized
1
4.1
A part of a port where businesses bring, store, and send goods without paying taxes
- Specialized
1
4.9
An electron not attached to an atom that can move freely and carry electricity
1
5.1
Armed forces and political movement led by Charles de Gaulle who resisted German occupation in World War II
- Specialized
1
6.4
A living thing that lives on its own and not on another animal or plant
- Formal
1
4.1
A way of running an economy that lets businesses compete with little government control
- Formal
1
5.9
An official act that forgives someone for a crime and ends their legal punishments
1
8.5
A small bat that flies fast, eats insects, and has a tail sticking out past the skin between its wings
- Archaic
1
9.9
Of states or territories in the United States that did not allow slavery before the Civil War
1
8.1
A former province in central South Africa settled by Dutch farmers, renamed Free State in 1997
1
8.1
A former 19th century US party that opposed slavery spreading into western lands
- Specialized
1
9.1
A thin metal tongue that vibrates in a slot to make sound in harmonicas or accordions
- Specialized
1
7.9
A wind instrument that makes sound when air moves a thin reed, like an accordion or harmonica
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Free in science for gas or energy uses the image of letting something 'go' or be 'set loose', the same picture behind the old word frijaz. So when a reaction frees energy or gas it lets that energy or those particles move out.