Definition of free-ranging
1
: moving or able to move or range freely over a wide area without restriction
free-ranging animals I began roaming the streets to observe how free-ranging cats—feral cats and strays, as well as house cats allowed to wander freely—make a living in a city.— James E. Childs
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: not limited or narrow in scope or extent : wide-ranging
a free-ranging discussion Mr. Enright is comparatively free-ranging and various in writing about what engages him; his subjects range from professors of literature to computers to "correctness" to aging and, above all, to words.— William H. Pritchard
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The first known use of free-ranging was in 1841
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