English Dictionary

free

IPA（発音記号）

/fɹiː/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release. / (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses. / (transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）～を自由にする、解放する / （他動詞）〜による束縛や抑圧から解放する / （他動詞、プログラミング）以前に確保されたメモリをシステムに返却する

They worked through the night to free the trapped miners.

彼らは夜通し、閉じ込められた鉱夫たちを解放するために働いた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.

Pro.[…]Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.

意味（2）

(transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil.

意味（3）

(transitive, programming) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

There is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends.

frees （ present singular third-person ）

freeing （ participle present ）

freed （ participle past ）

freed （ past ）