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[edit] Etymology

Old English wilde

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[edit] Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildest)

  1. Untamed; not domesticated.
    The island of Chincoteague is famous for its wild horses.
  2. Unrestrained or uninhibited.
    I was filled with wild rage when I discovered the infidelity, and punched a hole in the wall.
  3. Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
    The fraternity was infamous for its wild parties, which frequently resulted in police involvement.
  4. Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
    Her mother was wild with fear when she didn't return home after the party.
    • 2011 August 7, Chris Bevan, “Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd”, BBC Sport:
      City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.
  5. Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
    After a week on the trail without a mirror, my hair was wild and dirty.
  6. Enthusiastic.
    I'm not wild about the idea of a two day car trip with my nephews, but it's my only option.
  7. Inaccurate.
    The novice archer fired a wild shot and hit her opponent's target.
  8. (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

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  • (mathematics): tame

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[edit] Translations

not domesticated or tamed
raucous, unruly, and savage

[edit] Adverb

wild (comparative more wild, superlative most wild)

  1. Inaccurately; not on target.
    The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

[edit] Noun

wild (plural wilds)

  1. The undomesticated state of a wild animal
    After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild
  2. (chiefly in the plural) a wilderness

[edit] Verb

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

  1. To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
    • 1989, David E. Pitt, Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours, New York Times (April 22, 1989), page 1:
      ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
      "It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Old Dutch *wildi, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

[edit] Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative wildst)

  1. wild

[edit] Declension

Declension of wild
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial wild wilder  
neuter
singular		 indefinite wild wilder
definite wilde wildere wildste het wildst(e)
common singular wilde wildere wildste de wildste
plural wilde wildere wildste de wildste
partitive wilds wilders  


[edit] Noun

wild n. (uncountable)

  1. game (food)

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High Germanic wildi

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[edit] Adjective

wild (comparative wilder, superlative am wildesten)

  1. wild

[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic ولد (wálada, to give birth).

[edit] Noun

wild

  1. birth
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