wild

IPA: wˈaɪɫd

noun

  • (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
  • (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
  • A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.
  • Alternative form of weald [(archaic) A forest or wood.]

verb

  • (intransitive, slang) To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
  • (intransitive, slang) (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.

adjective

  • Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
  • From or relating to wild creatures.
  • Unrestrained or uninhibited.
  • Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
  • (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
  • Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
  • Furious; very angry.
  • Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
  • Enthusiastic.
  • Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
  • Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
  • (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
  • (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
  • Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
  • Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.

adverb

  • Inaccurately; not on target.
  • (of an audio recording) Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
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Examples of "wild" in Sentences

  • The species are endangered in the wild.
  • This supports the viability of wild animals.
  • This is a fantastical menagerie of wild animals.
  • The hunters captured wild animals in the forest.
  • The animals' wildness disconcerted the evening dinner.
  • The disease occurs naturally in the wild, and in captivity.
  • He made a specialty of the wild animals of the American continent.
  • The circus consisted of trapeze acts, gymnastics and wild animals.
  • A multitude of wild animals live in the beech forests of the Harz mountains.
  • The wild type is successful in nature, but the domesticated is also successful.

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