liberated

4 definitions found

liberated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  liberated \liberated\ adj. (Chem.)
     1. released from chemical combination, or as a consequence of
        chemical reaction; -- of a gas.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. freed from bondage; -- of people.
  
     Syn: emancipated, freed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. free from traditional social restraints; as, a liberated
        lifestyle.
  
     Syn: emancipated.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. stolen. [jocose]
        [PJC]

  Liberate \Lib"er*ate\ (-[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liberated
     (-[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liberating
     (-[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. liberatus, p. p. of liberare to free,
     fr. liber free. See Liberal, a., and cf. Deliver.]
     To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to
     free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or
     prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate
     gases.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To deliver; free; release. See Deliver.
          [1913 Webster]

liberated - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  liberated
      adj 1: (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination
      2: free from traditional social restraints; "an emancipated
         young woman pursuing her career"; "a liberated lifestyle"
         [syn: emancipated, liberated]

liberated - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "liberated":
     afoot and lighthearted, at large, at liberty, clear, delivered,
     detached, disengaged, easygoing, emancipated, extricated,
     footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy,
     free as air, freeborn, freed, go-as-you-please, in the clear,
     loose, on parole, on the loose, redeemed, released, rescued,
     scot-free, unattached, unbound, uncommitted, unengaged, uninvolved,
     unshackled, untied