单词 | foot-free |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot-free foot-free adj. and adv. now somewhat rare having the foot or feet free or untied; (also) free from ties, obligations, or constraints. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [adjective] > free from confinement freeOE deliverc1300 loose1303 unironedc1450 unbandoned1487 slack1565 unshut1610 unpinioned1621 unthronged1648 untrapped1648 unconfined1649 footloose1702 unensnareda1711 uncaged1731 unlockeda1740 unfettered1748 uncramped1797 unshackled1816 unleashed1825 foot-free1837 unhandcuffed1861 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville I. 50 When a horse that is ‘foot free’, is tied to one thus secured, the latter forms..a pivot, round which the other runs. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 88 Thou, who stood'st Foot-free o' the snare. 1933 Rotarian Apr. 24/1 Because the world is enormously varied and man's life is brief, the most alert and footfree individual can have only a limited experience. 1983 G. A. Lutz Tangled Web xxiii. 164 Those three had money in their pockets, and they were foot free. < as lemmas |
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