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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

  • (..) Aw, man. That's Mister Banana Beak to you, fuzzy. And right now we are all in very real danger. Danger? Hah! I walk on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha ha! Well, well, well, Banzai. What have we got here? Hmm. I don't know Shenzi. Uh... What do you think, Ed? (..)
    1994 The Lion King