Wild

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1. Adjective form

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. Adjective form

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. Adjective form

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

4. Adjective form

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

5. Adjective form

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

6. Adjective form

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

7. Adjective form

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

8. Adjective form

Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.

9. Noun

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. Adverb

Wildly; as, to talk wild.

11. Adjective

(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"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone

12. Adjective

involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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