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free-roam en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of free roam.
    alt of free roam
    • The nurse was unsuccessful in medicating Marty because he was given free-roam of the unit. 1985, Carol A. Rogers, Jane Ulsafer-Van Lanen, Nursing interventions in depression, →ISBN, page 188:
    • With free-roam of the reserve's rainforest and fruit trees, the semi-wild orangutans at Semenggoh Nature Reserve near Kuching in Sarawak are not guaranteed to show up at the twice-daily feeding sessions, but there's a pretty good chance of catching the endlessly entertaining sight of our shaggy jungle cousins stuffing half a dozen bananas into their mouths, grabbing a coconut and then scrambling back up into the jungle canopy -- swinging from tree to tree, dangling nonchalantly from vines and taking care of their adorable infants. 2016, Isabel Albiston, Loren Bell, Lonely Planet Borneo, →ISBN:
    • I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore. 2009, The Official Xbox Magazine - Issues 92-95, page 335:

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free-roams Number=Plur lexicographic

free-roam en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of free roam.
    alt of free roam
    • When on an open source network, disable ability to free-roam through the system. 2002 -, Timothy Braithwaite, Securing E-Business Systems: A Guide for Managers and Executives, →ISBN:
    • Such sounds, while not overtly controlled by the player, do reflect a player's choices: whether to free-roam or whether to engage in mission-play. 2013, Matthew Wysocki, Ctrl-Alt-Play: Essays on Control in Video Gaming, →ISBN, page 142:
    • If the rabbit will be housed in a cage and allowed to free-roam, it is best for the animal to use a litter box that has been placed in its cage. 2012, Thomas N. Tully, A Veterinary Technician's Guide to Exotic Animal Care, →ISBN, page 111:

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free-roaming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
free-roams Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
free-roamed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
free-roamed Tense=Past lexicographic