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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

  • (..) And you stand in front of a tree ... If you look at its branches, you swear it will fall ... But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability. We are all wild there are traces of a camp ... There are traces of a camp ... Where? Entering the moon forest. Maybe two days ago. (..)
    2015 The Revenant