wilding

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants), equivalent to wild +‎ -ing.

Noun

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wilding (plural wildings)

  1. A wild apple or apple tree.
    • 2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN:
      These were ‘wildings’, wild crab apples (Malus sylvestris), a miniature of today's, native to the British Isles.
  2. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc.

Etymology 2

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From wild +‎ -ing.

Verb

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wilding

  1. present participle and gerund of wild
    • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 804:
      Those boys are bad enough, and soon they'll start their wilding.

Adjective

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wilding (not comparable)

  1. (poetic) Not cultivated or tame; wild.