Definitions for wild

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wild wild

Spelling: [wahyld]

IPA: /waɪld/

Wild is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in wild (dilw).

Definitions for wild

noun

1. Often, wilds. an uncultivated, uninhabited, or desolate region or tract; waste; wilderness; desert:

Idioms

1. blow wild, (of an oil or gas well) to spout in an uncontrolled way, as in a blowout. Compare blowout (def 4).
2. in the wild, in a natural state or in the wilderness. in the real world; in real life:
3. run wild, to grow unchecked: to show lack of restraint or control:

adverb

1. in a wild manner; wildly.

adjective

1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated:
2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey:
3. uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste:
4. uncivilized or barbarous:
5. of unrestrained violence, fury, intensity, etc.; violent; furious:
6. characterized by or indicating violent feelings or excitement, as actions or a person's appearance:
7. frantic or distracted; crazy:
8. violently or uncontrollably affected:
9. undisciplined, unruly, or lawless:
10. unrestrained, untrammeled, or unbridled:
11. disregardful of moral restraints as to pleasurable indulgence:
12. unrestrained by reason or prudence:
13. amazing or incredible:
14. disorderly or disheveled:
15. wide of the mark:
16. Informal. intensely eager or enthusiastic:
17. Cards. (of a card) having its value decided by the wishes of the players.
18. Metallurgy. (of molten metal) generating large amounts of gas during cooling, so as to cause violent bubbling.

verb (used with object)

1. to travel around as a group, attacking or assaulting (people) in a random and violent way:

Origin of wild

before 900; Middle English, Old English wilde; cognate with Dutch, German wild, Old Norse villr, Swedish vild, Gothic wiltheis

Examples for wild

The other idea was absurd—too wild for serious consideration.

It is wild that something that would seem to be so scandalous would just disappear from the press.

The effect of this, and of wild, Dern says, is that a conversation about grief may finally be beginning.

Twas a wild goose chase, and I wot not what moved me to run after it.

wild, Quixotic notions of sacrifice flooded his mood of dejection.

He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.

Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.

Therewith, spite of the wild dress, Dennet knew the eyes and the voice.

The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.

And the wild ducklings are out on the pool, and the woods are full of song.