Wild

Near-synonym: indigenous

Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.

In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.

noli me tangere for Ceſars I ame and wylde for to hold though I ſeme tame

Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.

Thee Shepherd, thee the Woods, and deſert caves, / With wilde Thyme and the gadding Vine o'regrown,

Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line.

Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.

I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.

Forgive these wild and wandering cries, ⁠Confusions of a wasted youth; ⁠Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise.

The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.

Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."

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.

Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.

City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.

After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.

I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.

The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.

a wild roadstead

Did you hear? Pat won the lottery! — Wow, that's wild!

In this card game, aces are wild: they can take the place of any other card.

We define a pattern as a valid GP subtree that might contain wild characters [i.e. wildcards] in any of its nodes.

a wild track; wild sound

The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

Let's record it wild.

After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.

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.

...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."...

Now is they wildin with us / And getting rowdy with us.

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.

Kinsey posted a clip of the incident alongside a caption that reads: "Damn the ER in Tulsa be wildin'."

The Ringer's Culture/NBA writer Wosney Lambre said it best: "I think it's a bad look for the players to be wilding on the fans like this. Fair or not, the players are held to a higher standard of decorum than the loser fans. It is what it is."