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used to refer to plants or animals that live or grow independently of people, in natural conditions and with natural characteristics: wild grasses. a herd of wild horses. These herbs grow wild in the area. B2. Wild land is not used to grow crops and has few people living in it: a wild, mountainous region. More examples.
How to use wild in a sentence. living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated; growing or produced without human aid or care… See the full definition
Wild definition: living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated. See examples of WILD used in a sentence.
having no discipline or control. The boy is wild and completely out of control. He had a wild look in his eyes. a woman with wild hair. wild mood swings. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. feelings. full of very strong feeling. The crowd went wild. It makes me wild (= very angry) to see such waste.
Something that's wild lives in nature and isn't tamed. Your pet poodle isn't wild, but the groundhog that lives under your garden shed is wild. An animal or plant in its native habitat is wild, like a wild dingo or a wild strawberry.
1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants. 2. Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country. 3. Uncivilized or barbarous. 4. a. Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street. b. Disorderly; unruly: a wild scene in the school cafeteria.
Wild animals or plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by people. We saw two more wild cats creeping towards us in the darkness. The lane was lined with wild flowers.
