"free-roam" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: free-roams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free-roam (plural free-roams)
  1. Alternative form of free roam Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: free roam
    Sense id: en-free-roam-en-noun-cCXFjyKM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb

Forms: free-roams [present, singular, third-person], free-roaming [participle, present], free-roamed [participle, past], free-roamed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} free-roam (third-person singular simple present free-roams, present participle free-roaming, simple past and past participle free-roamed)
  1. Alternative form of free roam Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: free roam
    Sense id: en-free-roam-en-verb-cCXFjyKM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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