wild adj
1: marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties" [ant: tame]
2: in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants" [syn: untamed] [ant: tame]
3: in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
4: deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"
5: (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" [syn: violent]
6: not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
7: talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: raving, raving mad]
8: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries" [syn: spontaneous]
9: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: desert, godforsaken, waste]
10: 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" [syn: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised]
11: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous] (noun)
1: a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild" [syn: natural state, state of nature]
2: a wild and uninhabited area [syn: wilderness] ad
wild
(verb)
1: in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" [syn: rampantly]
2: in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"