free food
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1.0
- noun
- /friː fuːd/
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comida gratis
- The festival offered visitors free food from local vendors, attracting a large crowd.
We need free college, free food, free medicine, free this.
- We need free college, free food, free medicine, free this.
- That means I'm supposed to get some free food, right, Kale?
- Quicker Wi-Fi, great smoothies, free bar, free food.
- Daughter took that message to school and was given free food.
- You got in the plane, free food, free booze, real silverware, huge leg room, no charge for anything, free bags.
- They are getting free food, free housing, Playstations, their their kids spots are taking my kids spots in school.
- Bro thought he thought he just hacked my free food glitch.
- It's like a bonding trip where they have like all like free, free food, food and drinks and everything probably.
Examples
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I'm only doing this for the free food.
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The event will include free food. Admission is $10. For more information, visit omegapartydc.net.
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You were being paid a lot of money and getting free food all day long so you could just walk away.
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You wanna make some money and get some free food?
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Get some of that free food in you.
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It's like we're here for the free food.
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My brother used to just go and hang at friends' houses for the free food.
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At Woodstock, they provided free food and security for the famous rock festival.
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Our generous emperor has agreed to provide a few lucky citizens vouchers for free food during the intermission.
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You'll meet more people, and you work together for a common cause (and you usually get free food).
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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2.5
Money, food or clothing given free to people in need
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3.2
Free for customers from a restaurant or bar
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4.2
Something offered without obvious cost but that often has hidden costs
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food provided without charge' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'free' (without charge) + 'food' (edible substance). This simple adjective + noun structure is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Free food comes from the clear image of a table of sample plates or a small stall where someone gives food that is free, so people can take it 'without paying'. That's why free food means food given 'without needing to be paid for'.