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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