free-roam

English

Noun

free-roam (plural free-roams)

1. Alternative form of free roam
   • 1985, Carol A. Rogers, Jane Ulsafer-Van Lanen, Nursing interventions in depression, →ISBN, page 188:

     The nurse was unsuccessful in medicating Marty because he was given free-roam of the unit.

   • 2009, The Official Xbox Magazine - Issues 92-95, page 335:

     I love shooters, RPGs, and pretty much anything with free-roam or gore.

   • 2016, Isabel Albiston, Loren Bell, Lonely Planet Borneo, →ISBN:

     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.

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
   • 2002 -, Timothy Braithwaite, Securing E-Business Systems: A Guide for Managers and Executives, →ISBN:

     When on an open source network, disable ability to free-roam through the system.

   • 2012, Thomas N. Tully, A Veterinary Technician's Guide to Exotic Animal Care, →ISBN, page 111:

     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.

   • 2013, Matthew Wysocki, Ctrl-Alt-Play: Essays on Control in Video Gaming, →ISBN, page 142:

     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.