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Free Definition–adjective | 1. | enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. | | 2. | pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. | | 3. | existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world. | | 4. | enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent. | | 5. | exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted. | | 6. | able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose. | | 7. | clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock. | | 8. | not occupied or in use:
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I'll try to phone her again if the line is free. | | 9. | exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc. (usually fol. by from or of): free from worry; free of taxes. | | 10. | having immunity or being safe (usually fol. by from): free from danger. | | 11. | provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample. | | 12. | given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice. | | 13. | unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift. | | 14. | not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free. | | 15. | not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged. | | 16. | acting without self-restraint or reserve: to be too free with one's tongue. | | 17. | ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice. | | 18. | given readily or in profusion; unstinted. | | 19. | frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar. | | 20. | unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior. | | 21. | not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage. | | 22. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy. | | 23. | that may be used by or is open to all: a free market. | | 24. | engaged in by all present; general: a free fight. | | 25. | not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose. | | 26. | uncombined chemically: free oxygen. | | 27. | traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight. | | 28. | Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in an open syllable (opposed to checked ). | | 29. | at liberty to enter and enjoy at will (usually fol. by of): to be free of a friend's house. | | 30. | not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes. | | 31. | easily worked, as s
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tone, land, etc. | | 32. | Mathematics. (of a vector) having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point. Compare bound 1 (def. 9). | | 33. | Also, large. Nautical. (of a wind) nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free. | | 34. | not containing a specified substance (often used in combination): a sugar-free soft drink. | | 35. | (of a linguistic form) occurring as an independent construction, without necessary combination with other forms, as most words. Compare bound 1 (def. 11). | | 36. | without cost, payment, or charge. | –adverb | 37. | in a free manner; freely. | | 38. | Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free. | –verb (used with object) | 39. | to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint. | | 40. | to exempt or deliver (usually fol. by from). | | 41. | to relieve or rid (usually fol. by of): to free oneself of responsibility. | | 42. | to disengage; clear (usually fol. by from or of). | —Verb phrase | 43. | free up, | a. | to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system. | | b. | to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam. | | —Idioms | 44. | for free, Informal. without charge: The tailor mended my jacket for free. | <
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| 46. | free and easy, | a. | unrestrained; casual; informal. | | b. | excessively or inappropriately casual; presumptuous. | | | 47. | make free with, | a. | to use as one's own; help oneself to: If you make free with their liquor, you won't be invited again. | | b. | to treat with too much familiarity; take liberties with. | | | 48. | set free, to release; liberate; free: The prisoners were set free. | | 49. | with a free hand, generously; freely; openhandedly: He entertains visitors with a free hand. | |
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Make Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art. | | 2. | to produce; cause to exist or happen; bring about: to make trouble; to make war. | | 3. | to cause to be or become; render: to make someone happy. | | 4. | to appoint or name: The President made her his special envoy. | | 5. | to put in the proper condition or state, as for use; fix; prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner. | | 6. | to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay. | | 7. | to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another: to make a virtue of one's vices. |
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| 8. | to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier. | | 9. | to give rise to; occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle. | | 10. | to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil. | | 11. | to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion. | | 12. | to draw up, as a legal document; draft: to make a will. | | 13. | to do; effect: to make a bargain. | | 14. | to establish or enact; put into existence: to make laws. | | 15. | to become by development; prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer. | | 16. | to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision. | | 17. | to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often fol. by of): What do you make of it? | | 18. | to estimate; reckon: to make the distance at ten miles. | | 19. | to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form: to make a matched set. | | 20. | to amount to; bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen. | | 21. | to serve as: to make good reading. | | 22. | to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer. | | 23. | to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater. | | 24. | to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day. | | 25. | to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech. | | 26. | to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour. | | 27. | to arrive at or reach; attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80? | | 28. | to arrive in time for: to make the first show. | | 29. | to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.): If you hurry, you can make the next flight. | | 30. | Informal. to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time. | | 31. | to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page. | | 32. | to gain
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recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row. | | 33. | Slang. to have sexual intercourse with. | | 34. | Cards. | b. | to take a trick with (a card). | | c. | Bridge. to fulfill or achieve (a contract or bid). | | d. | to shuffle (the cards). | | | 35. | to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half. | | 36. | Slang. (esp. in police and underworld use) | a. | to recognize or identify: Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street. | | b. | to charge or cause to be charged with a crime: The police expect to make a couple of suspects soon. | | | 37. | to close (an electric circuit). | | 38. | South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop): He makes some of the best corn in the country. | –verb (used without object) | 39. | to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure. | | 40. | to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually fol. by an adjective): to make merry. | | 41. | to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes. | | 42. | to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief. | | 43. | to rise, as the tide or water in a ship. | | 44. | South Midland and Southern U.S. (of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year. <
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/td> | | 45. | make down, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow: It's making down hard. | | 46. | make fast, Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure. | | 47. | make shut, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close: Make the door shut. | –noun | 48. | the style or manner in which something is made; form; build. | | 49. | production with reference to the maker; brand: our own make. | | 50. | disposition; character; nature. | | 51. | the act or process of making. | | 52. | quantity made; output. | | 53. | Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump. | | 54. | Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit. | | 55. | Jewelry. the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish. | | 56. | Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate. | —Verb phrases | 57. | make out, | a. | to write out or complete, as a bill or check. | | d. | to imply, suggest, or impute: He made me out to be a liar. | | e. | to manage; succeed: How are you making out in your new job? | | f. | Slang. to engage in kissing and caressing; neck. | | g. | Slang. to have sexual intercourse. | | h. | Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn off or extinguish (esp. a light or fire): Make the light out. | | | 58. | make over, | a. | to remodel; alter: to make over a dress; to make over a page layout. | | b. | to transfer the title of (property); convey: After she retired sh
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e made over her property to her children and moved to Florida. | | | 59. | make for, | a. | to go toward; approach: to make for home. | | c. | to help to promote or maintain: This incident will not make for better understanding between the warring factions. | | 60. | make off, | a. | to run away; depart hastily: The only witness to the accident made off before the police arrived. | | b. | Nautical. to stand off from a coast, esp. a lee shore. | | | 61. | make off with, to carry away; steal: While the family was away, thieves made off with most of their valuables. | | 62. | make on, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to turn on, light, or ignite (esp. a light or fire): Make the light on. | | 63. | make up, | a. | (of parts) to constitute; compose; form. | | b. | to put together; construct; compile. | | d. | Also, make up for. to compensate for; make good. | | f. | to put in order; arrange: The maid will make up the room. | | h. | to settle amicably, as differences. | | i. | to become reconciled, as after a quarrel. | | j. | Printing. to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns or pages. | | k. | to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part on the stage. | | m. | to adjust or balance, as accounts; prepare, as statements. | | n. | Education. to repeat (a course or examination that one has failed). | | o. | Education. to take an examination that one had been unable to take when first given, usually because of absence. | | p. | to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of (columns, pages, etc., of matter to be printed). | | q. | Atlantic States. (of the weather or clouds) to develop or gather: It's making up for a storm. | | r. | Atlantic States. (of the sea) to become turbulent: If the sea makes up, row toward land. | | | 64. | make up to, | a. | Informal. to try to become friendly with; fawn on. | | b. | to make advances to; flirt with: He makes up to every new woman in the office. | | —Idioms | 65. | make a play for, to try to get: He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the company's stock. | | 66. | make as if or as though, Informal. to act as if; pretend: We will make as if to leave, then come back and surprise him. | | 67. | make away with, | a. | to steal: The clerk made away with the cash and checks. | | b. | to destroy; kill: He made away with his enemies. | | d. | to consume, drink, or eat completely: The boys made away with the contents of the refrigerator. | | | 68. | make believe, to pretend; imagine: The little girl dressed in a sheet and made believe she was a ghost. | | 69. | make bold or so bold, to have the temerity; be so rash; dare: May I make so bold as to suggest that you stand when they enter? | | 70. | make book, Slang. | a. | to take bets and give odds. | | b. | to make a business of this. | | | 71. | make colors, Nautical. to hoist an ensign, as on board a warship. | | 72. | make do, to function, manage, or operate, usually on a deprivation level with minimal requirements: During the war we had no butter or coffee, so we had to make do without them. | | 73. | make good, | a. | to provide restitution or reparation for: The bank teller made good the shortage and was given a light sentence. | | b. | to succeed: Talent and training are necessary to make good in some fields. | | c. | to fulfill: He made good on his promise. | | d. | Navigation. to compute (a course) allowing for leeway and compass deviation. | | | 74. | make heavy weather, | a. | Nautical. to roll and pitch in heavy seas. | | b. | to progress laboriously; struggle, esp. to struggle needlessly: I am making heavy weather with my income tax return. | | | 75. | make it, | a. | Informal. to achieve a specific goal: to make it to the train; to make it through college. | | b. | Informal. to succeed in general: He'll never make it in business. | | c. | Slang. to have sexual intercourse. | | | 76. | make it so, Nautical. strike the ship's bell accordingly: said by the officer of the watch when the hour is announced. | | 77. | make like, Informal. to try or pretend to be like; imitate: I'm going to go out and make like a gardener. | | 78. | make one's manners, Southern U.S. | a. | to perform an appropriate or expected social courtesy. | | b. | Older Use. to bow or curtsy. | | | 79. | make sail, Nautical. | b. | to brace the yards of a ship that has been hove to in order to make headway. | | | 80. | make time. time (def. 52). | | 81. | make water, | b. | Nautical. (of a hull) to leak. | | | 82. | make with, Slang. | a. | to operate; use: Let's make with the feet. | | b. | to bring about; provide or produce: He makes with the big ideas, but can't follow through. | | | 83. | on the make, Informal. | a. | seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle. | | b. | increasing; advancing. | | c. | Slang. seeking amorous or sexual relations: The park was swarming with sailors on the make. | | | 84. | put the make on, Slang. to make sexual overtures to. | |
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Money Definition–noun | 1. | any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits. | | 3. | gold, silver, or other metal in pieces of convenient form stamped by public authority and issued as a medium of exchange and measure of value. | | 4. | any article or substance used as a medium of exchange, measure of wealth, or means of payment, as checks on demand deposit or cowrie. | | 5. | a particular form or denomination of currency. | | 7. | capital to be borrowed, loaned, or invested: mortgage money. | | 8. | an amount or sum of money: Did you bring some money? | | 9. | wealth considered in terms of money: She was brought up with money. | | 10. | moneys or monies, Chiefly Law. pecuniary sums. | | 11. | property considered with reference to its pecuniary value. | | 12. | pecuniary profit: not for love or money. | –adjective | 13. | of or pertaining to money. | | 14. | used for carrying, keeping, or handling money: Have you seen my little money purse? | | 15. | of or pertaining to capital or finance: the money business. | —Idioms | 16. | for one's money, Informal. with respect to one's opinion, choice, or wish: For my money, there's nothing to be gained by waiting. | | 17. | in the money, Informal. | a. | having a great deal of money; affluent: You can see he's in the money by all those clothes he buys. | | b. | first, second, or third place in a contest, esp. a horse or dog race. | | | 18. | make money, to make a profit or become rich: You'll never make money as a poet. | | 19. | on the money, Informal. | a. | at just the exact spot or time; on target: The space shuttle landed on the money at 9:55 a.m. | | b. | exhibiting or done with great accuracy or expertise: His weather forecasts are always on the money. | Also, right on the money. | | 20. | put one's money where one's mouth is, Informal. to prove the truth of one's words by actions or other evidence; demonstrate one's sincerity or integrity: Instead of bragging about your beautiful house, put your money where your mouth is and invite us over to see it. | |
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Online Definition–adjective | 1. | operating under the direct control of, or connected to, a main computer. | | 2. | connected by computer to one or more other computers or networks, as through a commercial electronic information service or the Internet. | | 3. | of or denoting a business that transmits electronic information over telecommunications lines: an on-line bookstore. | | 4. | available or operating on a computer or computer network: an on-line dictionary. | | 5. | by means of or using a computer: on-line shopping. | | 6. | Radio. (of a network) supplying affiliated stations with all or a substantial part of their programming. | | 7. | Television. of or pertaining to the final editing of a videotaped program. | | 8. | done or accomplished while in operation or active service:
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on-line maintenance. | | 9. | located on major routes or rail lines: on-line industries. | –adverb | 10. | with or through a computer, esp. over a network. | |
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