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 lost it? Sid! It's so ugly. But it's adorable. Hello, pumpkin. Where did you find it? The poor kid all alone in the wild. Sabers gang nailed on it. So I just snatch it. So brave. Well , he needed me and I only wish I have with my home. Really? I never attracted to a male. (..)
    2002 Ice Age
  • (..) Hey, you over grown weasel . Wait till we get down there. The whole South thing is way out. The heat, the crowd. This great. You and me, two guys knocking about in the wild. No, you just want a bodyguard so you don't become somebody's side dish. You're very strut mammoth. Manfred. (..)
    2002 Ice Age