Definition of Wild

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Definition of Wild

Wild

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.

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.

Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.

Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.

Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.

Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.

Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.

Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.

Wildly; as, to talk wild.

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Wild Quotations

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha

Frazier is so ugly that he should donate his face to the US Bureau of Wild Life.
Muhammad Ali

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
Walt Disney

You can't just let nature run wild.
Walt Disney

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.
William Shakespeare

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do.
Jimi Hendrix

Dying is a wild night and a new road.
Emily Dickinson

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Voltaire

What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken!
Jane Austen

Wild Translations

wild in Danish is vild
wild in Dutch is woest, wild
wild in German is ausgelassen
wild in Italian is licenzioso
wild in Latin is effrenus, ferus, indomitus, efferus
wild in Portuguese is selvagem
wild in Spanish is fiero, tempestuoso
wild in Swedish is yster, vild

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