different between freest vs frees

English

Adjective

freest

1. superlative form of free: most free
   • 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book IV, ch.20, section 4, [1]:

     And, however they may seem high and great, [these people] are confined to narrowness of thought, and enslaved in that which should be the freest part of man, their understandings.

   • 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, [2]:

     The small quantity of corn imported even in times of the greatest scarcity, may satisfy our farmers that they can have nothing to fear from the freest importation.

   • 1861, John Stewart Mill, The Subjection of Women, Transaction 2001, p. 177:

     For my own part, however, I desire to say that I am in favour of removing, not only this, but all legal impediments whatever, to the freest choice by women of a career whether in political or civil life.

Verb

freest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of free

Anagrams

• efters, fester, freets

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?i?z/
• Homophones: freeze, frieze

Verb

frees

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of free

Noun

frees

1. plural of free

Anagrams

• Frese, feres, reefs

Luxembourgish

Verb

frees

1. second-person singular present indicative of froen

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse fræs f (“whizzing, hissing”). Compare frasa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [frè?s] (example of pronunciation)

  Rhymes: -è?s

Verb

frees (preterite frest)

1. fizzle, simmer

   Hä fres ti gryta

   The pot boils up

2. whiz and roar; of rapids
3. express dissatisfaction, harshly address, be wroth

   Han frest dill’om

   He hissed at him

Related terms

• fres