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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft..
On her elderly bicycle with the basketwork carrier on the handle-bars, Dorothy free-wheeled down the hill, doing mental arithmetic with three pounds nineteen and fourpence--her entire stock of money until next quarter-day.
Silently and gracefully I free-wheeled across the path of three juggernauts, [...] glided across the hard shoulder and came to rest halfway up a grass bank.
Use freewheel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Freewheel means A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft..
Common synonyms include drift.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On her elderly bicycle with the basketwork carrier on the handle-bars, Dorothy free-wheeled down the hill, doing mental arithmetic with three pounds nineteen and fourpence--her entire stock of money until next quarter-day.
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