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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS wilde; akin to OFries wilde, D. wild, OS & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of uncertain origin.] 1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with or not easily approached by man; not tamed or domesticated; as a wild boar; a wild ox a wild cat. Winter's not gone yet if the wild geese fly that way --Shak. 2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey. The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown. --Milton. 3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as wild land. ``To trace the forests wild.'' --Shak. 4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as wild natives of Africa or America. 5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. ``Valor grown wild by pride.'' --Prior. ``A wild, speculative project.'' --Swift. What are these So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak. With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes Wild work in heaven. --Milton. The wild winds howl. --Addison. Search then the ruling passion, there alone The wild are constant, and the cunning known --Pope. 6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered as a wild roadstead. 7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or ?ewilderment; as a wild look 8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel. Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of other better known or cultivated plants to which they a bear a real or fancied resemblance; as wild allspice, wild pink, etc See the Phrases below. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wild \Wild\, n. An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa. then Libya first of all her moisture drained, Became a barren waste, a wild of sand. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wild \Wild\, adv Wildly; as to talk wild. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wild adj 1: marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties" [ant: {tame}] 2: in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants" [syn: {untamed}] [ant: {tame}] 3: in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief" 4: deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch" 5: (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" [syn: {violent}] 6: not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield 7: talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: {raving}, {raving mad}] 8: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries" [syn: {natural}, {spontaneous}] 9: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: {desert}, {godforsaken}, {waste}] 10: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian}, {barbaric}, {savage}, {uncivilized}] 11: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: {angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {tempestuous}] n 1: a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" [syn: {nature}, {natural state}, {state of nature}] 2: a wild and uninhabited area [syn: {wilderness}] adv 1: in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" [syn: {rampantly}] 2: in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"
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