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

  • (..) Give me your hand! -They know you, even if you don't. -Enough! That gun ain't gonna stop shit! Nobody's shot you in the heart, and I see that thing beating wild in a minute! Kyle Reese. He's in Skynet. You do that, he's dead. l can get you in. How? (..)
    2009 Terminator Salvation
  • (..) Guide them to a safe area. MAN : Roger, Coyote copies all. Inbound to grid Lima-Alpha... ... . Over. MAN : Copy that. BLAIR: Roger, Wild Eagle. Solid copy. Hey, there's someone here. MAN : Get off him, get down! Get down. Down! MAN : Drop your weapon! MAN : Let me see your hands! (..)
    2009 Terminator Salvation