Wild
[waɪld]
Definition
(noun.) a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; 'he lived in the wild'; 'they collected mushrooms in the wild'.
(adj.) deviating widely from an intended course; 'a wild bullet'; 'he threw a wild pitch' .
(adj.) in a state of extreme emotion; 'wild with anger'; 'wild with grief' .
(adj.) in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; 'wild geese'; 'edible wild plants' .
(adj.) marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; 'wild talk'; 'wild parties' .
(adv.) in a wild or undomesticated manner; 'growing wild'; 'roaming wild'.
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Definition
(superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
(superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
(superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
(superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
(superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
(superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
(superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.
(superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
(adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Undomesticated, not tame.[2]. Uncultivated, native.[3]. Uncivilized, savage, rude, ferocious, barbarous, unrefined.[4]. Impetuous, turbulent, irregular, violent, ungoverned, unrestrained, disorderly, furious, frantic, frenzied, outrageous, giddy, reckless, hare-brained, HARUM-SCARUM.[5]. Fanciful, imaginary, extravagant, visionary, crazy, grotesque, strange, BIZARRE.
n. Desert, WILDERNESS.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Untamed, undomesticated, uncultivated, uninhabited, desert, savage,uncivilized, unrefined, rude, ferocious, untrained, violent, ferine, loose,disorderly, turbulent, ungoverned, inordinate, disorderly, chimerical,visionary, incoherent, raving, distracted, haggard
ANT:Tame, domesticated, cultivated, inhabited, frequented, populous, civilized,polite, refined, reclaimed, gentle, mild, subdued, regulated, orderly,rational, collected, coherent, sane, sober, sensible, calm, trim
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Definition
adj. frolicsome light-hearted: being in a state of nature: not tamed or cultivated: uncivilised: desert: unsheltered: violent: eager keen: licentious: fantastic: wide of the mark.—n. an uncultivated region: a forest or desert.—ns. Wīld′-ass an Asiatic or African ass living naturally in a wild state; Wīld′-boar a wild swine or animal of the hog kind.—adj. Wīld′-born born in a wild state.—n. Wīld′-cat the undomesticated cat.—adj. (U.S.) haphazard reckless unsound financially.—ns. Wīld′-cherr′y any uncultivated tree bearing cherries or its fruit; Wīld′-duck any duck excepting the domesticated duck.—v.t. Wilder (wil′dėr) to bewilder.—v.i. to wander widely or wildly.—adv. Wil′deredly in a wildered manner.—ns. Wil′dering any plant growing wild esp. one that has escaped from a state of cultivation; Wil′derment confusion; Wil′derness a wild or waste place: an uncultivated region: a confused mass: (Shak.) wildness; Wīld′-fire a composition of inflammable materials: a kind of lightning flitting at intervals: a disease of sheep; Wīld′-fowl the birds of the duck tribe: game-birds; Wīld′-fowl′ing the pursuit of wild-fowl; Wīld′-goose a bird of the goose kind which is wild or feral; Wīld′-goose-chase (see Chase); Wīld-hon′ey the honey of wild bees; Wīld′ing that which grows wild or without cultivation: a wild crab-apple.—adj. uncultivated.—adj. Wīld′ish somewhat wild.—n. Wīld′-land land completely uncultivated.—adv. Wīld′ly.—ns. Wīld′ness; Wīld′-oat a tall perennial Old World grass.—adj. Wīld′-wood belonging to wild uncultivated wood.—n. a forest.—Wild animals undomesticated animals; Wild birds birds not domesticated esp. those protected at certain seasons under the Act of 1880; Wild hunt the name given in Germany to a noise sometimes heard in the air at night mostly between Christmas and Epiphany as of a host of spirits rushing along accompanied by the shouting of huntsmen and the baying of dogs—the 'Seven Whistlers' and 'Gabriel's Hounds' of our own north country; Wild shot a chance shot.—Run wild to take to loose living: to revert to the wild or uncultivated state; Sow wild oats (see Oat).
Editor: Zeke
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are running about wild, foretells that you will sustain a serious fall or accident. To see others doing so, denotes unfavorable prospects will cause you worry and excitement.
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Examples
- But here there was nothing to be shifted off in a wild speculation on the future. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Oh, my dear Maurice, he was so terribly wild! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In consequence, he came down, looking rather wild. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A wild cry of exultation arose from the Heliumite squadron, and with redoubled ferocity they fell upon the Zodangan fleet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- What was his loneliness in the wild, thick woods, where man was never seen, to this! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an Inquisition. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I must see the Duke, Mr. Wilder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, what in the world is Mr. James Wilder doing in that den at this hour of night, and who is the companion who comes to meet him there? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Beside him stood a very young man, whom I understood to be Wilder, the private secretary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Seeing Physician, the least expected of men, he looked wilder and said, 'What's the matter? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Wilder's bicycle was leaning against the wall beside it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Any information which Mr. Wilder or I can give you is, of course, at your disposal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was like some strange caricature of the dapper James Wilder whom we had seen the night before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is the wildest creature I ever saw. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My thoughts, when they were wildest, never rose near the happiness that I have known with you, and that we have before us. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- No; in my wildest dreams I never wished that. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Gerald, who was a boy, was filled with the wildest excitement and delight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I know that I have the idea--surely the wildest idea, under the circumstances, that ever entered a woman's head? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The music rises up to the wildest pitch of stormy excitement, and the third syllable is concluded. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The labours of these three men have illuminated the wildest waters of the sea and preserved a thousand fleets of commerce and of war from awful shipwreck. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You propose, replied I, to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Two resolute men, well acquainted with these northern wilds, and skilful in tracking the tread of man and horse. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You two might go forth homeless hunters to the loneliest western wilds; all would be well with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the still uncultivated wilds of America, what wonder that among its other giant destroyers, Plague should be numbered! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In its rude beginnings, the unimproved wilds, which then occupy the far greater part of the country, are all abandoned to cattle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My dear Rector, I am not a child, interposed Maurice, rather nettled; nor are we going to the wilds of Africa. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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