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FREELOAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freeload mean?
• FREELOAD (verb)
The verb FREELOAD has 1 sense:
1. live off somebody's generosity
Familiarity information: FREELOAD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Live off somebody's generosity
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
This young man refuses to work and is freeloading
Hypernyms (to "freeload" is one way to...):
bum; cadge; grub; mooch; sponge (ask for and get free; be a parasite)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
freeloader (someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
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