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

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1. \Wild\, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE.
   wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
   wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
   bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
   game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
   1. 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.
            Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
            way.                                  --Shak.
   2. 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.
            The woods and desert caves, With wild thyme and
            gadding vine o'ergrown.               --Milton.
   3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. ``To
      trace the forests wild.'' --Shak.
   4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
      rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
   5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
      turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
      inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
      visionary; crazy. ``Valor grown wild by pride.'' --Prior.
      ``A wild, speculative project.'' --Swift.
            What are these So withered and so wild in their
            attire ?                              --Shak.
            With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
            Wild work in heaven.                  --Milton.
            The wild winds howl.                  --Addison.
            Search then the ruling passion, there, alone The
            wild are constant, and the cunning known. --Pope.
   6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
      roadstead.
   7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
      ?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
   8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
   Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
         other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
         bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
         wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
   {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
      untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
   {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
   {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
   {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
      cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
   {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
      Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
   {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
      mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
   {Wild bee} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
      undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
      when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
      in a hollow tree or among rocks.
   {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
   {Wild boar} (Zo["o]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
      from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
   {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
      {Brier}.
   {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
      ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
   {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
      genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
   {Wild cat}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
          resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
          having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
          domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
          the like.
      (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
      (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
          either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
   {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
   {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
      (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
          red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
          cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
          used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
          compact texture.
      (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
   {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
   {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
      Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
      leaves and small blue flowers.
   {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
      ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
      the Mediterranean.
   {Wild drake} (Zo["o]l.) the mallard.
   {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
      the Ginseng family.
   {Wild fowl} (Zo["o]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
      considered as game birds.
   {Wild goose} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
      undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
      Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
      See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
   {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
      of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
      --Shak.
   {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
      trees, rocks, the like.
   {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
      (b) .
   {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
      of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
      natives use the spines in tattooing.
   {Wild land}.
      (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
          unfit for cultivation.
      (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
   {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
   {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
      tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
      called in the West Indies.
   {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
      much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
   {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
      (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
          avenaceum}).
      (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
   {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
      hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
      juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
      rhubarb.
   {Wild pigeon}. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) The rock dove.
      (b) The passenger pigeon.
   {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
      Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
      catchfly.
   {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
      ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
      leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
      as coverings for packages of merchandise.
   {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
      (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
      (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
   {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
   {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
      polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
   {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
   {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
      nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
   {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
      leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[ae]crista}, and {C.
      nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
      when the plant is disturbed.
   {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
   {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
      plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
      The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
      plants form an impenetrable thicket.
   {Wild turkey}. (Zo["o]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.
   

2. \Wild\, n.
   An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or
   desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the
   wilds of Africa.
         then Libya first, of all her moisture drained, Became a
         barren waste, a wild of sand.            --Addison.
   

3. \Wild\, adv.
   Wildly; as, to talk wild. --Shak.