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

  • (..) there's a child There's a human child Oh, no! Running 'round the restaurant This is really wild ( screaoing ) What in heaven's name will become of us? We who are living in Monstropolis? (..)
    2001 Monsters, Inc.
  • (..) We're sitting targets. Okay, look, I think I have a plan here. Using mainly spoons, we dig a tunnel under the city and release it into the wild. Spoons. That's it, I'm out of ideas. We're closed. Hot air balloon? Too expensive. (..)
    2001 Monsters, Inc.