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ADJECTIVE wild COMPARATIVE wilder SUPERLATIVE wildest
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wild

If an animal or plant is wild it is not tame. This means it lives in nature and people have not changed it. Wolves and bears are wild animals. We found some wild berries and ate them. If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized. She is so wild, all she does is drink and party! That was a wild party. They were playing wild music all night. If something is wild it is very good or very interesting. That is a wild shirt you have on! If a card is wild it can be used as any other card in a game.

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You can say wild to mean you like something.

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The wild (or wilds) is nature or places far from where people live. We were lost in the wild for a week. Many animals live in the wilds of Africa.

wild

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control wild talk wild parties in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated wild geese edible wild plants in a state of extreme emotion wild with anger wild with grief deviating widely from an intended course a wild bullet he threw a wild pitch (= rampantly) in an uncontrolled and rampant manner weeds grew rampantly around here (= violent) (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud a violent clash of colors her dress was a violent red a violent noise wild colors wild shouts in a wild or undomesticated manner growing wild roaming wild a wild primitive state untouched by civilization he lived in the wild they collected mushrooms in the wild (= wilderness) a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers (= crazy) intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with crazy about cars and racing he is potty about her (= fantastic) fanciful and unrealistic; foolish a fantastic idea of his own importance (= raving mad) talking or behaving irrationally a raving lunatic (= hazardous, risky) involving risk or danger skydiving is a hazardous sport extremely risky going out in the tide and fog a wild financial scheme (= godforsaken, waste) located in a dismal or remote area; desolate a desert island a godforsaken wilderness crossroads a wild stretch of land waste places (= angry, furious, raging) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger angry clouds on the horizon furious winds the raging sea (= baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted) without a basis in reason or fact baseless gossip the allegations proved groundless idle fears unfounded suspicions unwarranted jealousy (= barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized) without civilizing influences 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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Simple sentences

A fox is a wild animal.
We should save wild animals.
Wild animals live in the forest.
According to Tom, Mary is wild in bed.
Wild animals are not pets.
This giraffe was born in the wild.
Look out for the wild dog!
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
An absence of rain caused wild plants to die.
I used to listen to the calls of the wild birds in this forest.
The hunters captured the wild animal with a strong rope net.
The roses sometimes grow wild.
Dennis can be very wild sometimes.
The fields abound in wild flowers.
Not all animals are wild.
Don't be so wild, Jack.
This wild rose gives off a sweet scent.
These wild flowers give off a nice smell.
This area abounds in wild animals.
Some wild animals are on the verge of extinction.
Children are sometimes wild.
My hobby is taking pictures of wild flowers.
I saw the girls pick the wild flowers.

Movie subtitles

That Sir Jeremiah is wild.
I think it's safer here than being back at camp where a bunch of people don't like me thanks to you, making those wild accusations.
You could be eating braised lamb with a wild-mushroom ragout while this place becomes a laundromat for your money.
With your dark attitude, the wild beard, the bandana.
After a wild night.
Captain Lombrico wants to question Saturnino, but the wild castaway.. is not able to speak, and he fears those beings.. so different from his adoptive family.
Tomorrow he will fight wild beasts in the arena.
A wild wolf of the woods she had loved.
The sea is her love, wild. boundless.
The others continue the wild chase.
And let storm and avalanche roar their wild songs with it.
His Excellence, the Count von Schwarzenberg, is arranging a wild boar hunt.in the forests of his estate, in honor of the engagement of his daughter, Countess Margaret.to his nephew, Baron Waldis Schwarzenberg.
Admit, you prostitute. that you led a wild life during the Commune.
Well, bless our wild hearts, if it ain't Breck Coleman.
Algeria was a world filled with wild dreams.
Napoleon III desecrated the second republic and deported 12,000 of us to these wild African lands.
A wild wolf of the woods she had loved. An evil murderer she shielded with her own body.
Cymbals, flutes, harps. and wild singing?
The head of this gang of wild fellows, of noble robbers, is Alviano Salvago.
Wild and lascivious, screams and rejoicing.
But from her eyes, boundless, wild, sparks of roused desire were flashing.
Wild animals.
A daring hunter FROM THE WILD STEPPES With a skin of a killed animal.
Before I get married, I'm gonna sow a couple of wild oats.
Well, bless our wild heart.
Bless our wild heart!
I am about to lead these people into a wild and dangerous country.
Then all of a sudden, Paris went wild over her.
The convent is surrounded by an 8 kilometer wall. It protects from attacks by wolves and wild boar.
Oh, darling, they're wild with delight.
Wild horses couldn't keep me in here.
It's so wild, so wonderful!
Wild horses.
Fabulous the wild shores of Japan.
He is wild.
But I live around here and I know these kids are wild, but they don't mean any harm, really they don't.
I wouldn't tell on you, Marty. Not if they tied me to wild horses, I wouldn't.
We've let a wild animal loose on an innocent countryside.
That's wild!
Well, you seem to have the idea that there's been a wild party here or something.

News and current affairs

Only a few years ago EU and NATO enlargement were regarded as wild dreams.
In the process, markets take investors on a wild rollercoaster ride, with the European crisis (riddled with even more confusion and volatility) serving to aggravate their queasiness.
Gene flow from wild relatives to crop plants may even be encouraged by subsistence farmers to maintain the broad genetic base of the varieties that they plant using seed harvested from an earlier crop.
Such gene flow does not occur when farmers buy their seeds from seed producers, of course, but in that case gene flow in the other direction is still possible, with genes from the cultivated crop ending up in the wild relative.
Once the gene has been transferred to the wild relative, there will be a strong selection pressure to maintain it there if the same herbicide is used, making the weedy wild relatives more difficult to control.
Poverty runs rampant, orphanages overflow with abandoned children, countless packs of wild dogs roam the streets.
Her celebrity recognized, the public's adoration bestowed, she then departed, leaving the wild dogs, and our broken society, to their fates.
For just as the wild dogs of Bucharest multiplied over the years, so too did Romania's unsolved problems.
I doubt, however, that celebrities like Miss Bardot will ever recognize the absurdity of their misplaced priorities - to come to a country where millions live in despair and dire conditions, and show concern for only the wild dogs.
One consequence of this cynical treatment of political ideologies is the wild swings in voters' preferences seen in various Central European countries.
Should we ever expect to see wild gyrations in China's exchange rate of the sort one routinely sees in, say, the Australian dollar or the South African rand?
The fourth claim will be subject to wild propaganda on both sides.
Brazil is the other notable wild card.
Even agricultural producers would prefer some price stability over the wild ups and downs of the last five years.
The parliament is a further wild card in this wholly undemocratic and unpredictable process.
In the mid-1980's, when wild exchange-rate swings produced calls for new trade protection measures, the US and Japan found a solution that involved exchange-rate stabilization.
There are few reports on the effects of the accident on wild animals, but we know that in some radiation hot spots trees and wildlife died.
Indeed, as early as a few years after the accident, data collected by Belarusan scientists flying helicopter surveys over the abandoned area showed rising numbers of wild boar, elk, and roe deer.
By 1993, the number of wild boar had increased sixfold, before halving due to a disease outbreak and predation from the rapidly growing wolf population.
All of the presidential candidates had made wild promises; but the absence of significant achievement, such as resolving the country's chronic shortages of gas and electricity, helped to fuel the massive anti-Morsi mobilization.

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