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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

  • (..) - You little bitch! - You're a bitch! Yeah! Take your top off! - Now, here's what we're gonna do... - Ron, come quick! They've gone wild. The girls have gone wild. It was full-tilt jungle madness. And it wasn't going away. Hey, I pulled these two off each other. Coach Carr, step away (..)
    2004 Mean Girls