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 Definitions of freewheel  [ˈfriˈʰwil, -ˈwil]  

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Definition of 'freewheel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) freewheel
a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.

2.  freewheel
a rear bicycle wheel that has a device freeing it from the driving mechanism, as when the pedals are stopped in coasting.

3. (v.i.) freewheel
(of a vehicle or its operator) to coast with the wheels disengaged from the driving mechanism.

4.  freewheel
to move or function freely, independently, or irresponsibly.

Etymology:  (1895–1900)

Definition of 'freewheel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) freewheel
a clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting)

2. (verb) freewheel, drift
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"

3. (verb) freewheel
coast in a vehicle using the freewheel


Translation of 'freewheel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to travel (downhill) on a bicycle, in a car etc without using mechanical power.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vrywiel Arabic flag Arabic: يُسافِر بِالدَّرّاجَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: движа се по инерция
Brazilian flag Brazilian: andar na banguela Czech flag Czech: jet bez pohonu/na volnobě German flag German: der Freilauf
Danish flag Danish: køre på frihjul Greek flag Greek: πηγαίνω χωρίς πετάλια ή μ Spanish flag Spanish: ir en punto muerto
Estonian flag Estonian: vabakäiguga sõitma Farsi flag Farsi: بدون هیچ نیرویی پایین رفت Finnish flag Finnish: ajaa vapaalla (polkematta
French flag French: être/aller en roue libre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לָנוּע בֶּאֱמצָעוּת גַלגָ Hindi flag Hindi: मुक्त रूप से चलाना
Croatian flag Croatian: spuštati se nizbrdo na bi Hungarian flag Hungarian: szabadon fut Indonesian flag Indonesian: meluncur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fríhjóla Italian flag Italian: andare a ruota libera Japanese flag Japanese: 惰性で走る
Korean flag Korean: (동력을 끊고) 타성으로 달리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vaþiuoti neminant pedalø/ Latvian flag Latvian: braukt no kalna ar automa
Malay flag Malay: jatuh bebas Dutch flag Dutch: freewheelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: kjøre på frihjul, trille
Polish flag Polish: zjeżdżać na luzie Persian flag Persian: بدون هیچ نیرویی پایین رفت Pashto flag Pashto: بغير له هيڅ نيرو څخه كښته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: andar de livre-roda Romanian flag Romanian: a merge cu ambreiajul dec Russian flag Russian: двигаться свободным ходом
Slovak flag Slovak: ísť na voľnobeh Slovenian flag Slovenian: voziti v prostem teku Serbian flag Serbian: voziti bez pogona
Swedish flag Swedish: åka på frihjul Thai flag Thai: ปล่อยให้วิ่งไหลไปโดยอิสระ Turkish flag Turkish: pedalsız boş vitesle gitm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 慣性滑行 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спускатися на вільному ко Urdu flag Urdu: پیڈل ساکت رکھ کر سائکل چل
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thả xe đạp cho chạy líp ( Chinese flag Chinese: 惯性滑行

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