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Wild

//waɪld// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Untamed; not domesticated.; Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
"Near-synonym: indigenous"
2
Untamed; not domesticated.; Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
3
From or relating to wild creatures.
"wild honey"
4
Unrestrained or uninhibited.
"I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall."
5
Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
"The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement."

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6
Of unregulated and varying frequency.
"The aircraft's navigational equipment should not be powered from the wild AC bus except in an emergency, as its computers can be damaged by variations in electrical frequency."
7
Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
"Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party."
8
Furious; very angry.
9
Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
"After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty."
10
Enthusiastic.
"I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option."
11
Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
"The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target."
12
Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
"a wild roadstead"
13
Hard to steer.
14
Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
15
Amazing, awesome, unbelievable. slang
"Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!"
16
Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical. slang
17
Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
"In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card."
18
Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
"a wild track; wild sound"

Adjective

1
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger wordnet
2
without civilizing influences wordnet
3
deviating widely from an intended course wordnet
4
intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with wordnet
5
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate wordnet

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(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud wordnet
7
in a state of extreme emotion wordnet
8
fanciful and unrealistic; foolish wordnet
9
involving risk or danger wordnet
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talking or behaving irrationally wordnet
11
without a basis in reason or fact wordnet
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in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated wordnet
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marked by extreme lack of restraint or control wordnet

Adverb

1
Inaccurately; not on target. not-comparable
"The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing."
2
Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately. not-comparable
"Let's record it wild."

Adverb

1
in a wild or undomesticated manner wordnet
2
in an uncontrolled and rampant manner wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Middle English originally referring to a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

Noun

1
The undomesticated state of a wild animal. singular, with-definite-article
"After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild."
2
Alternative form of weald. alt-of, alternative
3
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition wordnet
4
A wilderness. in-plural
"1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Thus every good his native wilds impart Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies."
5
a wild primitive state untouched by civilization wordnet

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6
Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.

Verb

1
To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. intransitive, slang
"...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding". "It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."..."
2
(In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way. intransitive, slang
"They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.

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