wild meaning
EN[waɪld] [-aɪld]US
WWild
- Wild, the wild or wilds may refer to:
EN Wild
- NounPLwilds
- The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
- After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild
- (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness.
- The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
- VerbSGwildsPRwildingPT, PPwilded
- AdjectiveCOMwilderCOMmore wildSUPwildestSUPmost wild
- Untamed; not domesticated.
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.
- Enthusiastic.
- I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.
- Inaccurate.
- The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- a wild roadstead
- (nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Untamed; not domesticated.
- AdverbCOMwilderCOMmore wildSUPwildestSUPmost wild
- Inaccurately; not on target.
- The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
- Inaccurately; not on target.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Thus, ventral mPFC may mediate postretrieval processing of recollected information rather than preretrieval processes relating to retrieval attempts (Rugg and Wilding 2000).
- The true religion occupies the happy mean between miserable unfaith, on the one hand, and timorous superstition, wild fanaticism, and pietistical zeal on the other.
- You will see the tame horse in the paddock gallop about for his pleasure, and the wild horse on the prairie will start and run for miles in mere sportiveness.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
- Wild horses wouldn't have kept me from going to the party.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The girl who had zoophobia didn't like animals, domestic or wild.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of wild in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- en wilderness
- en wildly
- en wildness
- en wildfire
- en wildcat
Source: Wiktionary