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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

  • (..) the Lord of Darkness? And what are you going to Wanna kill me with bare hands? Reptus Tannous, a magic potion. Mixed from snakes, pigs and dogs blood wild flowers and roots. Deadly poison It will flow through your veins. The body is shaken by Kr'mp'eri. sallow purple And then approaching death. (..)
    2011 The Dragon Warrior