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semi-wild

semi-wild

1 6.0
Only partly wild, not fully tamed or grown by people
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɛmiˈwaɪld/
translation icon : semisalvaje
  • The sanctuary provides a habitat for semi-wild horses to roam freely while still receiving care from staff.

Examples

  • Stick some of those out in the more barren, yet warm-surfaced parts of the oceans, and you use OTEC to pump nutrient-rich water to the surface and create new semi-wild fisheries.

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  • This is a bit of an update on my semi-wild horse thread from last month.

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  • Short version: Is there a product on the market that can be put into grain or injected into an apple that will drug a semi-wild horse enough to allow someone to do a bit of doctoring?

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  • I would not use only ace in these horses; they are more than likely to override it when they get stressed out, and then you will have a drugged, disinhibited, violent semi-wild horse on your hands, and someone will get hurt.

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  • In the national park, you can observe semi-wild animals like deer that have adapted to their natural surroundings.

  • The garden features a semi-wild area where native plants grow without much human intervention.

Synonyms

semidomesticated
vssemi-wild
1 7.2

Partly tame animals that live with people but still have wild instincts

emphasizes remaining partly wild rather than being adapted to people
semiwild
vssemi-wild
5.5

Partly wild and not fully tamed or controlled

has identical meaning but is written with a hyphen

Antonyms

domesticated
  • Specialized
3.1

Kept or grown by people for food, work and company

cultivated
3.5

Land prepared by people for growing crops

How Wild

wild
142 2.8
feral
4 5.7
semi-wild
1 6.0
domestic
32 2.5

Surface Forms

semi-wild positive
semi-wilder comparative
semi-wildest superlative

Morphology

semi-wild = wild (transparent) = semi + wild

The meaning is a direct and productive combination of 'semi-' meaning partly and 'wild' meaning not fully domesticated.

Etymology

The word semi-wild is made of the prefix semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly', as in semi-final, and the word wild meaning 'not tamed'. So semi-wild means 'partly wild', for animals, plants, or places that are not completely tamed or controlled.