Definitions for wilds

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wilds wild

Spelling: [wahyld]

IPA: /waɪld/

Wilds is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in wilds (dilsw).

Definitions for wilds

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 wilds

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

Examples for wilds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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