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PRONUNCIATION OF FREEBASING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FREEBASING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Freebasing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb freebasing in English.

WHAT DOES FREEBASING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Free base

Freebase or free base refers to the pure basic form of an amine, as opposed to its salt form. The amine is usually an alkaloid natural product. Free base is commonly used in organic chemistry and pharmaceuticals to describe the deprotonated amine form of a compound. Most alkaloids are unstable in their pure form and exist in ionic salt form. The salts usually exhibit greater water solubility. Common counterions include chloride, bromide, acetate and oxalate. Because of the ubiquity of chloride salts, formed from the reaction of the amine with hydrochloric acid, these amine derivatives are known as the hydrochlorides. For example, compare the free base hydroxylamine with hydroxylamine hydrochloride. The term "freebasing" means converting an ionic form into free base. It can refer to deprotonating the hydrochloride salt form of cocaine to free base form. The process provides for some merits of acid-base extraction. The free base is preferred for smoking because the evaporation point of the free base is further apart from the burning point compared to the hydrochloride salt, making the salt form more prone to destruction by pyrolysis.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FREEBASING

PRESENT

Present
I freebase
you freebase
he/she/it freebases
we freebase
you freebase
they freebase
Present continuous
I am freebasing
you are freebasing
he/she/it is freebasing
we are freebasing
you are freebasing
they are freebasing
Present perfect
I have freebased
you have freebased
he/she/it has freebased
we have freebased
you have freebased
they have freebased
Present perfect continuous
I have been freebasing
you have been freebasing
he/she/it has been freebasing
we have been freebasing
you have been freebasing
they have been freebasing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I freebased
you freebased
he/she/it freebased
we freebased
you freebased
they freebased
Past continuous
I was freebasing
you were freebasing
he/she/it was freebasing
we were freebasing
you were freebasing
they were freebasing
Past perfect
I had freebased
you had freebased
he/she/it had freebased
we had freebased
you had freebased
they had freebased
Past perfect continuous
I had been freebasing
you had been freebasing
he/she/it had been freebasing
we had been freebasing
you had been freebasing
they had been freebasing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will freebase
you will freebase
he/she/it will freebase
we will freebase
you will freebase
they will freebase
Future continuous
I will be freebasing
you will be freebasing
he/she/it will be freebasing
we will be freebasing
you will be freebasing
they will be freebasing
Future perfect
I will have freebased
you will have freebased
he/she/it will have freebased
we will have freebased
you will have freebased
they will have freebased
Future perfect continuous
I will have been freebasing
you will have been freebasing
he/she/it will have been freebasing
we will have been freebasing
you will have been freebasing
they will have been freebasing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would freebasing
you would freebasing
he/she/it would freebasing
we would freebasing
you would freebasing
they would freebasing
Conditional continuous
I would be freebasing
you would be freebasing
he/she/it would be freebasing
we would be freebasing
you would be freebasing
they would be freebasing
Conditional perfect
I would have freebasing
you would have freebasing
he/she/it would have freebasing
we would have freebasing
you would have freebasing
they would have freebasing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been freebasing
you would have been freebasing
he/she/it would have been freebasing
we would have been freebasing
you would have been freebasing
they would have been freebasing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you freebase
we let´s freebase
you freebase
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to freebase
Past participle
freebased
Present Participle
freebasing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FREEBASING

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FREEBASING

advertising
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decreasing
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steeplechasing
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unceasing
unpleasing

Synonyms and antonyms of freebasing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «freebasing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FREEBASING

Find out the translation of freebasing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of freebasing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «freebasing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

freebasing
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

freebasing
570 millions of speakers

English

freebasing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

freebasing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

freebasing
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

курил основание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

freebasing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

freebasing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

freebasing
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Percuma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

freebasing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

freebasing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마악
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Freebasing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

freebasing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

freebasing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रीबासिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serbest baz haline getirilmesinden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

freebasing
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

freebasing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

курив підставу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

baza libera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελευθέρας χρήσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

freebasing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

freebasing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

freebasing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of freebasing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FREEBASING»

The term «freebasing» is normally little used and occupies the 134.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FREEBASING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about freebasing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FREEBASING»

Discover the use of freebasing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to freebasing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Emergence of Crack Cocaine Abuse
Edith Fairman Cooper. overdoses. Freebase was not a problem on the street, the author noted, because of the cost. 27 The Richard Pryor Incident On June 9, 1980, national attention was brought to cocaine freebasing when comedian Richard ...
Edith Fairman Cooper, 2002
2
Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy and ...
Freebasing of Cocaine: The Baking Soda Method With the obvious problems of using ether to produce free-base cocaine, its popularity declined precipitously after repetitive near-fatal burning in fires after freebasing binge. Street chemists ...
Enno Freye, 2009
3
Hooked in Film: Substance Abuse on the Big Screen
Roger Ebert pretty much agrees with Siskel's dismissive attitude toward the film, saying he only watched it because it was about freebasing cocaine and he wanted to see that, since he had heard so much about it. While the film was found  ...
John Markert, 2013
4
Drugs and Society
Freebasing became popular in the United States in the 1980s due to the fear of diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis, which are transmitted by sharing contaminated hypodermic needles. But freebasing involves other dangers. Because the ...
Glen Hanson, Peter Venturelli, Annette Fleckenstein, 2011
5
Cocaine Changes: The Experience of Using and Quitting
One young woman who eventually spent all her resources freebasing developed serious problems before quitting with the help of treatment. She explained the start of her cocaine smoking in simple subcultural and generational terms: "I'm a ...
Dan Waldorf, 1992
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Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and ...
Freebasing pushes the pH back up a bit, but the purpose of the manipulation is quite different. Flue-curing makes tobacco smoke less alkaline and therefore mild enough to inhale. Freebasing, by contrast, allows the nicotine to volatilize more ...
Robert N. Proctor, 2012
7
The Truth about Cocaine
Freebasing. Freebasing is another way that users ingest cocaine. Instead of snorting the cocaine, this technique involves smoking it.When freebasing, users heat and vaporize the cocaine and then inhale although it lasts only a few short ...
Tamra Orr, 2013
8
After 25 Years of Smoking Crack, How You Like Me Now
I would accept the drugs and the drinks as if it was a badge little did I know that it was leading up to something more cenacle than I could ever imagine that would be freebasing. Something that, I didn't know anything about that was mention ...
Gregory Mack Thomas, 2010
9
Cocaine & Federal Sentencing Policy
Injecting or freebasing powder cocaine, however, is more complicated and dangerous (see Chapter 2). Freebasing cocaine, popular among cocaine users in the 1970s, permitted the user to smoke powder cocaine and thereby receive the ...
Richard P. Conaboy, 1997
10
My Guardian Angel is So Real
He had installed a hot tub in the center of his recreation room. He also had a thing for freebasing and Quaaludes. Freebasing consisted of cooking the cocaine down to its purest crystallized form and then smoking it in a pipe. Sybil and I spent ...
Stacy Terrell Dennis, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FREEBASING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term freebasing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: 'Hannibal' Season 3, Episode 6, 'Dolce': Dinner For Three
"You've been freebasing your alibi," Jack marvels, in what's definitely the line of the episode. Bedelia does tell Chiyoh the truth about herself, ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
2
David Crosby, coming to Bethlehem, is a rock 'n' roll survivor
... "Wild Tales," Crosby (and his girlfriend and future wife, Jan Dance) went from snorting cocaine to freebasing. The extent of Crosby's addiction ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
3
Guns Are The Original American Impotence Cure
If you're freebasing self-pity, a gun will make you dangerous. But make no mistake: America loves guns because Americans love to feel like ... «Matter, Jun 15»
4
Jon Stewart Says Listening To Trump Quotes Is 'Better Than …
"I'm really rich!" Trump replied. "How stupid are our leaders?" "That's better than freebasing," Stewart said. Check it out in the clip above. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
5
Huey Morgan on why pop stars take drugs
Completely tame if you consider that, before us, people were doing heroin and freebasing and smoking coke. Rick James would hold people ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Upper Saddle River residents urged to be first defense against teen …
Crack is powder cocaine with one compound removed to allow for smoking, known as freebasing. It contains amphetamines - a stimulant drug ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»
7
Vox Populi: 'To the know-it-all who said electronic cigarettes are like ...'
“To the know-it-all who said electronic cigarettes are like freebasing nicotine: They're what my doctor suggested and mine have no nicotine at ... «Do Savannah, Jun 15»
8
In Tent City, despair and an unshakable habit
But walk among the shacks, where even the presence of strangers does not keep people from shooting heroin or freebasing cocaine, and it's ... «Philly.com, May 15»
9
'The Other Side': Cannes Review
... Mark Kelley and Lisa Allen in The Other Side, though it's interlaced with graphic scenes of freebasing, fornicating and occasional fighting. «Hollywood Reporter, May 15»
10
Whiting: Climber Dean Potter's wingsuit death was inevitable
Potter combined speed solo climbing with BASE jumping and, slyly, named it Freebasing, a reference to smoking crack cocaine. “He was ... «OCRegister, May 15»

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