what does wild mean?
WILD as NOUN
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- a wild and uninhabited area
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Hypernyms(s) wild is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
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Hypernyms(s) wild is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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WILD as ADJECTIVE
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- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
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- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
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- without civilizing influences
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- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
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- not subjected to control or restraint
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- a piano played with a wild exuberance- Louis Bromfield
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- deviating widely from an intended course
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- a wild bullet
- a wild pitch
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- located in a dismal or remote area
- desolate
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- a desert island
- a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
- a wild stretch of land
- waste places
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- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
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- a violent clash of colors
- her dress was a violent red
- a violent noise
- wild colors
- wild shouts
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- in a state of extreme emotion
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- wild with anger
- wild with grief
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- produced without being planted or without human labor
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- talking or behaving irrationally
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- in a natural state
- not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
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- wild geese
- edible wild plants
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- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
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- wild ideas
- wild talk
- wild originality
- wild parties
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WILD as ADVERB
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- in a wild or undomesticated manner
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- growing wild
- roaming wild
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- in an uncontrolled and rampant manner
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- weeds grew rampantly around here
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