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Definition wild

Etymology 1

From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”). Cognate with West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Dutch wild (“wild”), German wild (“wild”), Danish vild (“wild”), Swedish vild (“wild”), Norwegian vill (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild”).

Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)

1. Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated).
2. From or relating to wild creatures.
3. Unrestrained or uninhibited.
4. Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
5. Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
6. Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
7. Enthusiastic.
8. Inaccurate.
9. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
10. (nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.
11. (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
12. (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
13. Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.

Adverb

wild (comparative more wild, superlative most wild)

1. Inaccurately; not on target.

Noun

wild (plural wilds)

1. The undomesticated state of a wild animal
2. (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness

Verb

wild (third-person singular simple present wilds, present participle wilding, simple past and past participle wilded)

1. (intransitive, slang) To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

Etymology 2

Noun

wild (plural wilds)

1. Alternative form of weald

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