freecycle
freecycle verb: to recycle by giving away an item for free.
Verb
freecycle (third-person singular simple present freecycles, present participle freecycling, simple past and past participle freecycled)
- To recycle by giving away an item for free.
- I freecycled most of the junk cluttering my house.
- Here in New York's Hudson Valley, we've freecycled swing sets, Little Tikes outdoor climbers, freezers, computer equipment, entertainment centers, baby furniture, and much, much more!2004 April 15, Nancy Castleman, “Freecycle for the Earth! Earth Day's coming up!”, in misc.consumers.frugal-living (Usenet), retrieved 08 Sep 2024
Noun
freecycle (plural freecycles)
- A group (especially an online messaging group) that engages in freecycling.
- What freecycle did you join?
Proper noun capitalized: Freecycle
Freecycle
Forms of freecycle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | freecycles |
| present participle | freecycling |
| past participle | freecycled |
| past | freecycled |
| Noun | |
| plural | freecycles |
Origin of freecycle
Blend of free + recycle, popularized by The Freecycle Network and the general freecycling movement.
Blend of free + recycle.
Questions about freecycle
- What does freecycle mean?
- Freecycle means to recycle by giving away an item for free.
- What part of speech is freecycle?
- Freecycle can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of freecycle?
- The past tense of freecycle is freecycled.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: freecycle (page history and authors); Freecycle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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