free-run

American  

[free ruhn] / ˈfri ˈrʌn /

verb (used without object)

free-ran, free-running

1. to run or operate freely.

2. to operate, as a circadian rhythm, without external timekeeping signals.

3. to explore freely, without being confined to specific paths or areas: used in video game contexts and in parkour.

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noun

1. grape juice or partially fermented wine made from crushed, rather than pressed, grapes.

adjective

1. Canadian. (of farm animals, especially poultry) permitted to roam freely indoors.

2. Canadian. produced by farm animals, especially poultry, that are permitted to roam freely indoors.

Example Sentences

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free-run free-running

Some of the juice isn’t pressed, but is known as free-run juice, which makes for the most flavorful wine.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 17, 2016

It's made from free-run juice of Chenin Blanc, aged on its lees for several months.

From Los Angeles Times

The aim of such experiments is to get the body to "free-run" and see what sort of patterns it establishes on its own.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was not the only free-running forward on show.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

Purdy saw it — he had kept his eyes upfield, and he let a vector go straight to his free-running tight end.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2023

Meanwhile, Mirror's Edge 2 and Faith, its free-running protagonist, is coming, albeit "when it's ready".

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2013

Mostly, though, it was Rodgers and his free-running, sure-handed receivers who tormented the Falcons.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2011

He paused near Tom and spun one of the free-running wheels of the buckboard, and he inspected Tom as though he saw him for the first time.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck