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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

  • (..) Use your strength, boy! Com'on now, use your strength! There you go! There you go! Look at that! Yeah I told you, this is a wild man. Do what I told you, boy. There you go! AMERIGO: Ah. No! Aah! CANDIE: Do what I told you. Ground him back, boy. (..)
    2012 Django Unchained