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freehand

freehand adjective: drawn using the hand without any helping device.

Adjective

freehand (not comparable)

  1. Drawn using the hand without any helping device.

Adverb

freehand (not comparable)

  1. Using the hand without any helping device.
    • The grafts were cut freehand with a large knife, which made it difficult to standardize the thickness, in spite of instruments created especially for the purpose.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 149
  2. Without using the hands; hands-free.

Verb

freehand (third-person singular simple present freehands, present participle freehanding, simple past and past participle freehanded)

  1. To conduct a procedure involving use of the hands without any helping device or guide.

freehand meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

freehand in Hindi

Translations
मुक्तहस्त mukthast

freehand in Tamil

கை வரைவு

freehand in Malayalam

പരിപൂർണ്ണ പ്രവർത്തന സ്വാതന്ത്യ്രം

Forms of freehand

third-person singular presentfreehands
present participlefreehanding
past participlefreehanded
pastfreehanded

Origin of freehand

From free + hand.

Questions about freehand

What does freehand mean?
Freehand means drawn using the hand without any helping device.
What is freehand in Hindi?
Freehand in Hindi is मुक्तहस्त (mukthast). See Freehand meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is freehand?
Freehand can be an adjective, an adverb or a verb.

Words near freehand in the dictionary

  1. freegan
  2. freeganism
  3. freegans
  4. Freegard
  5. freehair
  6. freehand
  7. freehanded
  8. freehandedly
  9. freehandedness
  10. freehanding
  11. freehands

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: freehand (page history and authors); freehand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); freehand (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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