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Meaning Of Wild

  1. superl.
    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.
  2. superl.
    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.
  3. superl.
    Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
  4. superl.
    Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
  5. superl.
    Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
  6. superl.
    Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
  7. superl.
    Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.
  8. superl.
    Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
  9. n.
    An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
  10. adv.
    Wildly; as, to talk wild.



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