wild
- adjective
- /waɪld/
- This is Carly feeding wild deer on her property.
- wild animals
- wild birds
- wild populations
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Watch on YouTubeThere are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.
- There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.
- The Indian is the most wild, isn't that?
- I've just left them to grow wild for the past two months.
- But you are a not just a wild Mustang that can't be tamed.
- So it is a completely wild and entrepreneurial frontier.
Examples
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Wild ponies play near my house.
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We're dealing with a wild animal.
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Let the animals run wild!
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I've just left them to grow wild for the past two months.
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Twelve aeroplanes in perfect formation, like a flight of wild ducks, came overhead.
Academic text (2017) -
Today we are just two wild elk... on the frozen tundra.
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A teal is a small, wild freshwater fowl.
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He's a wild animal.
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Typical animals hunted by Lucy would have been wild horses, woolly mammoths, reindeer, and rhinos.
Academic text (1999) -
The wildlife photographer waited patiently to capture the moment when a wild fox appeared near the clearing.
Synonyms
An animal that lives wild after escaping people and is often dangerous
In a natural state that people do not tame, like wild animals or places
Antonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
Behave carelessly and have many romantic adventures before settling down
- Informal
A saying that you should not expect a wild person or thing to behave calmly
Compounds
- US
A time in the western United States when settlers moved in and there were few laws
- Offensive
A woman who does not follow normal social rules and is often avoided by others
- Jargon
In baseball, a pitch the catcher cannot catch that lets a base runner advance
- Archaic
A live show with cowboys riding horses, shooting, and showing life in the old West
A water bird like a mallard that lives in lakes and rivers and is not kept by people
A strong-smelling plant with broad leaves that grows in woods and people use in cooking
A plant with a thick underground root used in traditional medicine for joint pain or liver problems
A large wild animal like a donkey that lives on dry plains in Asia and northeast Africa
A traveling American show from the 1880s that showed horse riding, shooting and frontier life
- US
A plant that grows every year in dry parts of southwestern US and Mexico and has small tubers like potatoes
- US
An edible root that looks like a nut and was an important food for some Native American people
- US
A wild plant from South America and Mexico with leaves used for smoking and not usually grown for sale
A plant that grows naturally without farming and is the ancestor of wheat grown on farms
- South African
A tree from Africa with yellow fruit, oily seeds, and hard wood that resists termites
A North American plant with purple or pink flowers used for tea and in gardens
A small wild flower with divided leaves and purple flowers that grows in woods and meadows
A low bush that stays green all year and has small white flowers and red berries
A low bush with spreading branches and small flowers that grows in western United States deserts
- South African
A large evergreen shrub with many branches grown for its dense green leaves
- US
A North American plant with blue, white, or yellow flowers that grows in prairies and open woods
- US
A plant that grows in eastern North America with leaves like a hand and groups of blue flowers
- UK
A wild leafy plant that is the ancestor of garden vegetables like kale or broccoli
A low bog bush from northern Europe and Asia with leaves that smell strong and pleasant, not the cooking herb
How Wild
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wild originally meant 'not tamed' or 'living in nature', so when we call animals or plants 'wild' we mean they live naturally and are not kept by people.