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# freeload

«freeload» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take food, money, a place to stay or other things from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (freeload, freeloads, freeloaded, freeloading) — (informal)

### meaning for a pupil

(informal, disapproving) To take food, money, a place to stay or other things from others without paying or helping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday and slangy: «He's always freeloading at our house». A person who does this is a «freeloader». It is a criticism — it says someone is unfair or lazy.

### examples

- He freeloads at his friend's house every weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x1)
- Stop freeloading and pay for your own snacks! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x2)
- She doesn't like people who freeload. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x3)
- My cousin freeloaded on us all summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x4)
- Don't freeload — help with the washing up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x5)
- The cat freeloads from every house on the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/#x6)

### note

Informal and negative. Noun: freeloader. Regular verb: freeloaded.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «freeload» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freeload/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.