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wild:
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wild/wʌɪld/
▶adjective
* 1 (of animals or plants) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
* 2 (of a place or region) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable.
■ (of people) not civilized; barbarous.
■ (of looks, appearance, etc.) indicating distraction.
* 3 uncontrolled; unrestrained.
■ informal very enthusiastic or excited.
■ informal very angry.
* 4 not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess.
▶noun (the wild) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.
■ (the wilds) a remote area.
– phrases
run wild grow or behave without restraint or discipline.
wild and woolly uncouth or rough.
– derivatives
wildish adjective,
wildly adverb,
wildness noun.
– origin OE wilde, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wild/wʌɪld/
▶adjective
* 1 (of animals or plants) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.
* 2 (of a place or region) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable.
■ (of people) not civilized; barbarous.
■ (of looks, appearance, etc.) indicating distraction.
* 3 uncontrolled; unrestrained.
■ informal very enthusiastic or excited.
■ informal very angry.
* 4 not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess.
▶noun (the wild) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.
■ (the wilds) a remote area.
– phrases
run wild grow or behave without restraint or discipline.
wild and woolly uncouth or rough.
– derivatives
wildish adjective,
wildly adverb,
wildness noun.
– origin OE wilde, of Gmc origin.
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