WILD
\wˈa͡ɪld], \wˈaɪld], \w_ˈaɪ_l_d]\
Definitions of WILD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
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a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"
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in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here"
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marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties"
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in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"
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not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
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deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"
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in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
By Princeton University
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located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
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a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"
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in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here"
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marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties"
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in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"
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not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
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deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"
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in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
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Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
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An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
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Wildly; as, to talk wild.
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Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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Hard to steer; - said of a vessel.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
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Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
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An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
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Wildly; as, to talk wild.
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Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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Hard to steer; - said of a vessel.
By Noah Webster.
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Living in its natural state; untamed; as, a wild animal; uncultivated; as, wild flowers; not civilized; savage; violent; uncontrolled; passionate; unreasonsble; disorderly; reckless; greatly excited; noisily gay; colloquially, eager.
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A desert or wilderness.
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Wildly.
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Wildness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Wildly.
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Wildness.
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Being in a state of nature: not tamed or cultivated: uncivilized: desert: unsheltered: violent: licentious.
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An uncultivated region: a forest or desert.
By Daniel Lyons
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Wildly.
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Wildness.
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Not tamed; uncivilized; uninhabited; uninhabited.
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Dissolute; prodigal.
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Stormy; turbulent; keen; eager.
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An uninhabited or uncultivated place; a wilderness.
By James Champlin Fernald
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An uncultivated or desert region.
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Not tamed, or cultivated; fierce; savage: bereft of reason: desert: licentious.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An uncultivated or desert region.
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Being in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated; growing without culture; savage; uncivilised; desert; uninhabited; tempestuous; profligate; reckless; ungoverned; irregular; highly excited, as with passion; having a fierce untamed look; performed without plan or order; imaginary.
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An uncultivated tract of land; a desert.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Roving; wandering; inhabiting the forest or open field; not tamed or domesticated; growing without culture; desert; not inhabited; savage; uncivilised; not refined by culture; turbulent; tempestuous; irregular; licentious; inconstant; inordinate; loose; disorderly; not framed according to the ordinary rules of reason; imaginary; fanciful; exposed to wind and sea.
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A desert; an uncultivated or uninhabited tract or region; a forest or sandy desert.
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An epithet applied especially to the names of plants, to distinguish them from such of the name as are cultivated in gardens, as wild olive.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.