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wild

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely
  • noun: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract
  • adjective: living in nature without human control or care
  • adjective: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
  • synonyms: wilderness, native, desert

Examples

  • The company was successful 'beyond my wildest dreams/fantasies'. [=much more successful that I ever thought possible]

  • He has some pretty 'wild' [='strange'] ideas about raising children.

  • The party was getting kind of 'wild' [=out of control] so we left.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Not enough flesh. There are scrapes on the bone and a jagged appearance here where it was severed. It was probably chewed off by a wild animal. The sticky stuff on the finger turns out to be sap from a flowering Japanese cherry. I know you from somewhere. Right. I sold you a vintage (..)
    2008 TvShow: Bones Title: The Finger in the Nest Season: 4 Episode 3