"freehand" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: free + hand Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|hand}} free + hand Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} freehand (not comparable)
  1. Drawn using the hand without any helping device. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): vapaalla kädellä piirretty (Finnish), Freihand- (German), मुक्तहस्त (mukthast) (Hindi), a mano libera (Italian), odręczny (Polish), a mano alzada (Spanish), a pulso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-freehand-en-adj-45KKBflQ

Adverb

Etymology: free + hand Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|hand}} free + hand Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} freehand (not comparable)
  1. Using the hand without any helping device. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-freehand-en-adv-9SeHp-f9

Verb

Forms: freehands [present, singular, third-person], freehanding [participle, present], freehanded [participle, past], freehanded [past]
Etymology: free + hand Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|hand}} free + hand Head templates: {{en-verb}} freehand (third-person singular simple present freehands, present participle freehanding, simple past and past participle freehanded)
  1. To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.
    Sense id: en-freehand-en-verb-YESWcADL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 29 43

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