free-range

English

Adjective

free-range (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or produced by animals that are allowed to roam freely, rather than being confined indoors.

   Sorry, we've been short of free-range chicken since demand rose.

2. (figurative) Allowed to move about outdoors without supervision.
   • 2015, Jennifer Miskec, Annette Wannamaker, The Early Reader in Children’s Literature and Culture, →ISBN:

     While I have not found corroboration for King's claim, Ivy and Bean series author Annie Barrows has acknowledged that there is a delicate balancing act involved in representing free-range children today

3. Relating to a hands-off parenting style in which children are allowed to go out and explore alone.
   • 2019, Gayle Kimball, How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future, page 95:

     To correct helicopter parenting, critics have proposed slow parenting, simplicity parenting, and free-range parenting.

Translations

pertaining to animals that are allowed to roam freely

• Danish: fritgående
• Finnish: vapaa (fi)
• Hungarian: szabadtartású
• Italian: ruspante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frittgående

• Swedish: frigående (sv)
• Vietnamese: thả vườn, đi bộ (vi)
• Welsh: maes (cy)
• Yiddish: פֿרײַ פּאַשענדיק (fray pashendik), פֿרײַ פּיקנדיק (fray pikndik)

Anagrams

• rangefree