Wild Definition
wīld
wildest, wilds, wilder 1
adjective
wildest, wilder 1
Living or growing in its original, natural state and not normally domesticated or cultivated.
Wild flowers, wild animals.
Webster's New World
Not lived in or cultivated; overgrown, waste, etc.
Wild land.
Webster's New World
Not inhabited or farmed.
Remote, wild country.
American Heritage
Not civilized; savage.
A wild tribe.
Webster's New World
Not easily restrained or regulated; not controlled or controllable; unruly, rough, lawless, etc.
Wild children.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adverb
In a wild manner; wildly; without aim or control.
To shoot wild.
Webster's New World
Inaccurately; not on target.
The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
wilds
A wilderness or wasteland.
Webster's New World
A natural or undomesticated state.
Returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.
American Heritage
A region that is mostly uninhabited or uncultivated.
The wilds of the northern steppes.
American Heritage
(chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
Wiktionary
verb
To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others.
American Heritage
pronoun
A surname for a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.
Wiktionary
idiom
run wild
- to grow, exist, or behave without control
Webster's New World
the wild
- the wilderness, nature, the out-of-doors, etc.
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Wild
- run wild
- the wild
Origin of Wild
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From Middle English, from Old English wilde, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz. Compare West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild.
From Wiktionary
Middle English wilde from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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