English-Thai Dictionary

Wild West

N พรมแดน ด้าน ตะวันตก ของ อเมริกา เมื่อ ศตวรรษ ที่  19 prom-dan-dan-ta-wan-tok-kong-ar-me-ri-kan

 

Wild horses couldn't drag someone.

IDM ไม่มี อะไร บังคับ ให้ ไป ได้  mai-me-ar-rai-bang-kab

 

wild

ADJ ซึ่ง กระตือรือร้น  sueng-kra-tue-rue-ron

 

wild

ADJ ซึ่ง เกิดขึ้น เอง ตาม ธรรมชาติ  ซึ่ง มาจาก ป่า  ซึ่ง ไม่ได้ จาก การ เพาะปลูก  ซึ่ง อยู่ ใน ป่า  sueng-koed-kuan-ang-tam-tam-ma-chad

 

wild

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่มี การยับยั้งชั่งใจ  ซึ่ง ไม่มี ความอดกลั้น  unrestrained unruly restrained sueng-mi-me-kan-yab-yang-chang-jai

 

wild

ADJ แห้งแล้ง  ห่างไกล  รกร้าง  hang-lang

 

wild

ADJ ไม่เชื่อ ง  ดุร้าย  savage undomesticated domesticated tame mai-chung

 

wild carrot

N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง เป็น บรรพบุรุษ ของ แครอท  มีด อก สี ขาว แต่ ราก กิน ไม่ได้  ชื่อ ละติน คือ  Daucus carota Queen Anne’s lace phud-cha-nid-nuang-pen-ban-pa-bu-rud-kong-kea-rod

 

wild-eyed

ADJ ซึ่ง ตา เบิกโพลง ด้วย ความโกรธ  กลัว หรือ ผิดปกติ ทางจิต  sueng-bok-ta-prong-duai-kwam-koed

 

wild-goose chase

IDM ไม่ มีประโยชน์ ใน การ ตามล่า  ติดตาม  mai-me-pra-yod-nai-kan-tam-la

 

wild-goose chase

N การ ค้นหา สิ่ง ไม่มี ตัวตน  การ ค้นหา สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ อาจ พบ ได้  kan-kon-ha-sing-mai-me-tua-ton

 

wildcat

N แมวป่า ซึ่ง เป็น บรรพบุรุษ ของ แมว บ้าน  ชื่อ ละติน คือ  Felis sylvestris mao-pa-sueng-pen-ban-pa-bu-rud-kong-mao-ban

 

wildcatter

N ผู้ สำรวจ น้ำมัน หรือ ก๊าซ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  prospector phu-sam-ruad-nam-man-kad

 

wilde

N นักเขียน บทละคร อังกฤษ ช่วง ปี ค .ศ  1854-1900 nak-kian-bod-la-kon-ang-krid

 

wildebeest

N วัว  gnu wua

 

wilder

VT ทำให้ หลงผิด  ทำให้ งงงัน 

 

wilderness

N บริเวณ รกร้าง ว่างเปล่า  barren waste wasteland bo-ri-wen-rok-rang-wang-pao

 

wildfire

N ไฟป่า ที่ รุนแรง และ ลุกไหม้ เป็น บริเวณ กว้าง  fai-pa-ti-ruan-rang-lea-luk-mai

 

wilding

N ต้น แอปเปิล ป่า  พืช หรือ สัตว์ป่า 

 

wildlife

N สัตว์ป่า  sad-pa

 

wildling

N ต้นไม้ หรือ สัตว์ป่า  ton-mai-rue-sad-pa

 

wildly

ADV อย่าง รีบเร่ง  hastily rashly violently uncontrollably yang-rib-rang

 

wildness

N ความ ไม่เชื่อ ง  ความดุร้าย  kwam-mai-chung

 

wildwood

N ป่า ธรรมชาติ  ป่า ที่ เกิดขึ้น เอง ตาม ธรรมชาติ (ไม่ได้ ปลูก ขึ้นมา  pa-tam-ma-chad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WILD

a.[G.] 1. Roving; wandering; inhabiting the forest or open field; hence, not tamed or domesticated; as a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat; a wild bee.
2. Growing without culture; as wild parsnep; wild cherry; wild tansy. Wild rice, a palatable and nutritious food, grows spontaneously in the lakes and ponds of the North West territory.
3. Desert; not inhabited; as a wild forest.
4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; as the wild natives of Africa or America.
5. Turbulent; tempestuous; irregular; as a wild tumult.
The wild winds howl.
6. Licentious; ungoverned; as wild passions.
Valor grown wild by pride--
7. Inconstant; mutable; fickle.
In the ruling passion, there also the wild are constant, and the cunning known.
8. Inordinate; loose.
A fop well dressd, extravagant and wild.
9. Uncouth; loose.
--What are these, so witherd, and so wild in their attire?
1 . Irregular; disorderly; done without plan or order; as, to make wild work.
11. Not well digested; not framed according to the ordinary rules of reason; not being within the limits of probable practicability; imaginary; fanciful; as a wild project or scheme; wild speculations.
12. Exposed to the wind and sea; as a wild roadstead.
13. Made or found in the forest; as wild honey.
Wild is prefixed to the names of many plants, to distinguish them from such of the name as are cultivated in gardens, as wild basil, wild parsnep, wild carrot, wild olive, etc.

 

WILD

n.A desert; an uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or sandy desert; as the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa; the sandy wilds of Arabia. Then Libya first, of all her moisture draind, became a barren waste, a wild of sand.

 

WILDFIRE

n.[wild and fire. ] 1. A composition of inflammable materials.
Brimstone, pitch, wildfire, burn easily, and are hard to quench.
2. A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin; a kind of erysipelas.

 

WILD-FOWL

n.[wild and fowl. ] Fowls of the forest, or untamed.

 

WILD-GOOSE

n.[wild and goose. ] An aquatic fowl of the genus Anas, the Anas anser, a fowl of passage. These geese fly to the south in autumn, and return to the north in the spring. This species is the stock of the common domestic goose. The wild goose of North America, also migratory, is a distinct species, the Anas canadensis. Wild-goose chase, the pursuit of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.

 

WILD-HONEY

n.[wild and honey. ] Honey that is found int he forest, in hollow trees or among rocks.

 

WILD-LAND

n.[wild and land. ] 1. Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation.
2. In America, forest; land not settled and cultivated.

 

WILD-SERVICE

n.A plant. The wilder myrtle-leaved service is a tree of the genus Crataegus, [C. Torminalis.]

 

WILDER

v.t.To lose or cause to lose the way or track; to puzzle with mazes or difficulties; to bewilder. Long lost and wilderd in the maze of fate.

 

WILDERED

pp. Lost in a pathless tract; puzzled.

 

WILDERING

ppr. Puzzling.

 

WILDERNESS

n.[from wild. ] 1. A desert; a tract of land or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide barren plain. In the United States, it is applied only to a forest. In Scripture, it is applied frequently to the deserts of Arabia. The Israelites wandered int he wilderness forty years.
2. The ocean.
The watry wilderness yields no supply.
3. A state of disorder. [Not in use. ]
4. A wood in a garden, resembling a forest.

 

WILDING

n.A wild sour apple.

 

WILDLY

adv. 1. Without cultivation.
2. Without tameness.
3. With disorder; with perturbation or distraction; with a fierce or roving look; as, to start wildly from ones seat; to stare wildly.
4. Without attention; heedlessly.
5. Capriciously; irrationally; extravagantly.
Who is there so wildly skeptical as to question whether the sun will rise in the east?
6. Irregularly.
She, wildly wanton, wears by night away the sign of all our labors done by day.

 

WILDNESS

n. 1. Rudeness; rough uncultivated state; as the wildness of a forest or heath.
2. Inordinate disposition to rove; irregularity of manners; as the wildness of youth.
3. Savageness; brutality.
4. Savage state; rudeness.
5. Uncultivated state; as the wildness of land.
6. A wandering; irregularity.
Delirium is but a short wildness of the imagination.
7. Alienation of mind.
8. State of being untamed.
9. The quality of being undisciplined, or not subjected to method or rules.
Is there any danger that this discipline will tame too much the fiery spirit, the enchanting wildness, and magnificent irregularity of the orators genius?

 

WILDS

n.Among farmers, the part of a plow by which it is drawn.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WILD

Wild, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] Etym: [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 as, a wild look.

 

8. (Naut. )

 

Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) (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 (Lagoecia cuminoides ) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. -- Wild drake (Zoöl.) the mallard. -- Wild elder (Bot. ), an American plant (Aralia hispida ) of the Ginseng family. -- Wild fowl (Zoöl.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. -- Wild goose (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) (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 Chamæcrista, 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. (Zoöl.) See 2d Turkey.

 

WILD

WILD Wild, n.

 

Defn: 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.

 

WILD

WILD Wild, adv.

 

Defn: Wildly; as, to talk wild. Shak.

 

WILD-CAT

WILD-CAT Wild "-cat `, a.

 

1. Unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in Michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.

 

2. (Railroad )

 

Defn: Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.

 

WILDEBEEST

Wilde "beest `, n. Etym: [D. wild wild + beeste beast. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The gnu.

 

WILDED

WILDED Wild "ed, a.

 

Defn: Become wild. [R.] An old garden plant escaped and wilded. J. Earle.

 

WILDER

Wil "der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wildered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wildering. ]Etym: [Akin to E. wild, Dan. forvilde to bewilder, Icel. villr bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See Wild, a., and cf. Wilderness. ]

 

Defn: To bewilder; to perplex. Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant.

 

WILDERING

WILDERING Wild "er *ing, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.

 

WILDERMENT

WILDERMENT Wil "der *ment, n.

 

Defn: The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore.

 

WILDERNESS

Wil "der *ness, n. Etym: [OE. wildernesse, wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D. wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]

 

1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller.

 

2. A disorderly or neglected place. Cowper.

 

3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs. ] These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands. Will keep from wilderness with ease. Milton.

 

WILDFIRE

WILDFIRE Wild "fire, n.

 

1. A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire. Brimstone, pitch, wildfire. .. burn cruelly, and hard to quench. Bacon.

 

2. (Med. ) (a ) An old name for erysipelas. (b ) A disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.

 

3. A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder. [R.]

 

WILDGRAVE

Wild "grave `, n. Etym: [G. wildgraf or D. wildgraaf. See Wild, and cf. Margrave. ]

 

Defn: A waldgrave, or head forest keeper. See Waldgrave. The wildgrave winds his bugle horn. Sir W. Scott.

 

WILDING

WILDING Wild "ing, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant. Spenser. Ten ruddy wildings in the wood I found. Dryden. The fruit of the tree. .. is small, of little juice, and bad quality. I presume it to be a wilding. Landor.

 

WILDING

WILDING Wild "ing, a.

 

Defn: Not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild. [Poetic ] "Wilding flowers." Tennyson. The ground squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by. Bryant.

 

WILDISH

WILDISH Wild "ish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat wild; rather wild. "A wildish destiny. " Wordsworth.

 

WILDLY

WILDLY Wild "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.

 

WILDNESS

WILDNESS Wild "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

 

WILDWOOD

WILDWOOD Wild "wood, n.

 

Defn: A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wild

wild |wīld waɪld | ▶adjective 1 (of an animal or plant ) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated. • (of people ) not civilized; barbarous: the wild tribes from the north. • (of scenery or a region ) desolate-looking: the wild coastline of Cape Wrath. 2 uncontrolled or unrestrained, esp. in pursuit of pleasure: she went through a wild phase of drunken parties and desperate affairs. • not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess | who, even in their wildest dreams, could have anticipated such a victory? • stormy: the wild sea. • informal very enthusiastic or excited: I'm not wild about the music. • informal very angry. • (of looks, appearance, etc. ) indicating distraction: her wild eyes were darting back and forth. • (of a playing card ) deemed to have any value, suit, color, or other property in a game at the discretion of the player holding it. See also wild card. ▶noun (the wild ) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region: kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild . • (the wilds ) a remote uninhabited or sparsely inhabited area: he spent a year in the wilds of Canada. PHRASES run wild (of an animal, plant, or person ) grow or develop without restraint or discipline: these horses have been running wild since they were born | figurative : her imagination had run wild. wild and woolly uncouth in appearance or behavior. DERIVATIVES wild ish adjective, wild ly adverb, wild ness noun ORIGIN Old English wilde, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German wild .

 

wild arum

wild ar um ▶noun another term for cuckoopint.

 

wild boar

wild boar |ˌwaɪl (d ) ˈbɔ (ə )r | ▶noun see boar ( sense 1 ).

 

wild calla

wild cal la |ˈkalə ˌwaɪld ˈkælə | ▶noun another term for water arum.

 

wild cane

wild cane ▶noun another name for giant reed .

 

wild card

wild card |ˈwaɪl (d ) ˌkɑrd | ▶noun a playing card that can have any value, suit, color, or other property in a game at the discretion of the player holding it. • a person or thing whose influence is unpredictable or whose qualities are uncertain. • Computing a character that will match any character or sequence of characters in a search. • an opportunity to enter a sports competition without having to take part in qualifying matches or be ranked at a particular level. • a player or team given such an opportunity.

 

wild carrot

wild car rot ▶noun another term for Queen Anne's lace.

 

wildcat

wild cat |ˈwīldˌkat ˈwaɪl (d )ˌkæt | ▶noun 1 a small native Eurasian and African cat that is typically gray with black markings and a bushy tail, noted for its ferocity. [Felis silvestris, family Felidae, the African race of which is believed to be the ancestor of the domestic cat. ] • any of the smaller members of the cat family, esp. the bobcat. • a hot-tempered or ferocious person, typically a woman. 2 an exploratory oil well. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] (of a strike ) sudden and unofficial: legislation to curb wildcat strikes. • commercially unsound or risky. ▶verb [ no obj. ] prospect for oil.

 

wildcatter

wild cat ter |ˈwīldˌkatər ˈwaɪldkædər | ▶noun a prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells. • a risky investor.

 

wild-caught

wild-caught ▶adjective (of an animal ) taken from the wild rather than bred from captive stock.

 

wildcraft

wild craft |ˈwīldˌkraft ˈwaɪldkræft | ▶verb [ no obj. ] gather herbs, plants, and fungi from the wild. ▶noun the action or practice of wildcrafting.

 

wild dagga

wild dagga ▶noun [ mass noun ] a preparation made from a southern African shrub of the mint family, used similarly to cannabis. ●The plant is Leonotis leonurus, family Labiatae.

 

wild dog

wild dog ▶noun a wild member of the dog family, esp. the hunting dog of Africa, the dhole of India, or the dingo of Australia.

 

Wilde, Oscar

Wilde, Oscar |wīld waɪld | (1854 –1900 ), Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and wit; full name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. His advocacy of “art for art's sake ” is evident in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890 ). As a playwright, he achieved success with the comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892 ) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895 ).

 

wildebeest

wil de beest |ˈwildəˌbēst ˈwɪldəˌbist | ▶noun ( pl. same or wildebeests ) another term for gnu. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans, literally ‘wild beast. ’

 

wilder

wild er |ˈwildər ˈwɪldər | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic cause to lose one's way; lead or drive astray: unknowne Lands, where we have wildered ourselves. • perplex; bewilder: the sad Queen, wildered of thought. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: origin uncertain; perhaps based on wilderness .

 

Wilder, Billy

Wil der, Billy |ˈwīldər ˈwaɪldər | (1906 –2002 ), US movie director and screenwriter, born in Austria; born Samuel Wilder. His numerous film successes include Double Indemnity (1944 ), The Lost Weekend (1945 ), Sunset Boulevard (1950 ), Sabrina (1954 ), Some Like It Hot (1959 ), and The Apartment (1960 ).

 

Wilder, Gene

Wil der, Gene |ˈwīldər ˈwaɪldər | (1935 –), US actor; born Jerome Silberman. He cowrote, directed, and starred in The Woman in Red (1984 ). He cowrote and starred in Young Frankenstein (1974 ) and also starred in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 ) and Blazing Saddles (1973 ).

 

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Wil der, Laura Ingalls |ˈwīldər ˈwaɪldər | (1867 –1957 ), US writer. She wrote a series of children's books about her experiences growing up on the US frontier during the late 1800s. Her best known is Little House on the Prairie (1935 ), which was the basis for a television series 1974 –83. Other books include Little House in the Big Woods (1932 ) and These Happy Golden Years (1943 ).

 

Wilder, Thornton

Wil der, Thornton |ˈwaɪldər ˈwīldər | (1897 –1975 ), US novelist and playwright; full name Thornton Niven Wilder. His work is particularly concerned with the universality of human experience, irrespective of time or place. He wrote the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927 ) and the plays Our Town (1938 ) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942 ).

 

wilderness

wil der ness |ˈwildərnis ˈwɪldərnəs | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. • a neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town. • a position of disfavor, esp. in a political context: the man who led the Green Party out of the wilderness | [ as modifier ] : his wilderness years. PHRASES a voice in the wilderness an unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3, etc. ).ORIGIN Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals, ’ from wild dēor ‘wild deer ’ + -ness .

 

Wilderness, the

Wil der ness, the a wooded region of Spotsylvania County in northeastern Virginia, site of an inconclusive Civil War battle in 1864.

 

Wilderness Road

Wil der ness Road a historic route, opened by Daniel Boone in the 1770s and used until the 1840s, that allowed western migration through the Allegheny Mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky.

 

wild-eyed

wild-eyed ▶adjective (of a person or animal ) with an expression of panic or desperation in their eyes.

 

wildfire

wild fire |ˈwīldˌfīr ˈwaɪl (d )ˌfaɪ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush. 2 historical a combustible liquid such as Greek fire that was readily ignited and difficult to extinguish, used esp. in warfare. 3 less common term for will-o'-the-wisp. PHRASES spread like wildfire spread with great speed: the news had spread like wildfire.

 

wildflower

wild flow er |ˈwīldˌflou (-ə )r ˈwaɪldflaʊər |(also wild flower ) ▶noun a flower of an uncultivated variety or a flower growing freely without human intervention.

 

wildfowl

wild fowl |ˈwīldˌfoul ˈwaɪl (d )ˌfaʊl | ▶plural noun game birds, esp. aquatic ones; waterfowl.

 

wild ginger

wild gin ger ▶noun a North American plant with large heart-shaped leaves and hairy leafstalks. Its aromatic root is used as a ginger substitute. [Asarum canadense, family Aristolochiaceae. ]

 

wild goose chase

wild goose chase ▶noun a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.

 

wild horse

wild horse ▶noun a domestic horse that has returned to the wild, or that is allowed to live under natural conditions; a feral horse. • a horse that has not been broken in. • a wild animal of the horse family. PHRASES wild horses wouldn't —— used to convey that nothing could persuade or force someone to do something: wild horses wouldn't have kept me away.

 

wilding

wild ing 1 |ˈwīldiNG ˈwaɪldɪŋ | ▶noun informal the activity by a gang of youths of going on a protracted and violent rampage in a public place, attacking people at random. ORIGIN 1980s: from the adjective wild + -ing 1 .

 

wilding

wild ing 2 |ˈwaɪldɪŋ ˈwīldiNG |(also wildling |-liNG |) ▶noun a wild plant, esp. an apple tree descended from cultivated varieties, or its fruit. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from the adjective wild + -ing 3 .

 

wildlife

wild life |ˈwīldˌlīf ˈwaɪl (d )ˌlaɪf | ▶noun wild animals collectively; the native fauna (and sometimes flora ) of a region.

 

wildlife park

wild life park ▶noun see park ( sense 1 of the noun ).

 

wild man

wild man ▶noun a man with a fierce or wildly unruly nature. • the image of a primitive or uncivilized man as a symbol of the wild side of human nature or of seasonal fertility. • a supposed manlike animal such as a yeti.

 

wild man of the woods

wild man of the woods ▶noun a man or supposed semi-human creature living in a wild state in woodland. • dated an orang-utan. [translating the Malay word for the animal. ]

 

wild marjoram

wild mar jo ram ▶noun see marjoram.

 

wild mustard

wild mus tard ▶noun charlock.

 

wild oat

wild oat ▶noun an Old World grass that is related to the cultivated oat and is commonly found as a weed of other cereal plants. [Avena fatua, family Gramineae. ] PHRASES sow one's wild oats see oat.

 

wild pitch

wild pitch Baseball ▶noun an errant pitch that is not hit by the batter and cannot be stopped by the catcher, enabling a base runner to advance. ▶verb ( wild-pitch ) [ with obj. ] enable (a base runner ) to advance by making such a pitch: Reed was wild-pitched to second.

 

wild rice

wild rice ▶noun a tall aquatic North American grass related to rice, with edible grains. [Zizania aquatica, family Gramineae. ] • the grain of this plant used as food.

 

wild service tree

wild serv ice tree ▶noun see service tree.

 

wild silk

wild silk |waɪld sɪlk | ▶noun coarse silk produced by wild silkworms, esp. tussore.

 

wild type

wild type ▶noun Genetics a strain, gene, or characteristic that prevails among individuals in natural conditions, as distinct from an atypical mutant type.

 

Wild West

Wild West |ˈˌwaɪl (d ) ˈwɛst | the western US in a time of lawlessness in its early history. The Wild West was the last of a succession of frontiers formed as settlers moved gradually further west. The frontier was officially declared closed in 1890.

 

wildwood

wild wood |ˈwīldˌwo͝od ˈwaɪldwʊd | ▶noun chiefly literary an uncultivated wood or forest that has been allowed to grow naturally.

 

Oxford Dictionary

wild

wild |wʌɪld | ▶adjective 1 (of an animal or plant ) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated: a herd of wild goats | wild strawberries. • produced from wild animals or plants without cultivation: wild honey. 2 (of a place or region ) uninhabited, uncultivated, or inhospitable: an expanse of wild moorland | the wild coastline of Cape Wrath. • (of sea or the weather ) rough and stormy: a wild, bitterly cold night. • (of people ) not civilized; primitive: the wild tribes from the north. • (of a look, appearance, etc. ) indicating distraction or strong emotion: her wild eyes were darting back and forth. 3 lacking discipline or restraint: wild parties were never her scene. • informal very enthusiastic or excited: I'm not wild about the music. • informal very angry. 4 not based on sound reasoning or probability: a wild guess | wild rumours were circulating | performing in Hollywood was beyond my wildest dreams. 5 (of a playing card ) deemed to have any value, suit, colour, or other property in a game at the discretion of the player holding it. See also wild card. ▶noun (the wild ) a natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region: kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild . • (the wilds ) a remote uninhabited or sparsely inhabited area: he spent a year in the wilds of Canada. ▶verb [ with obj. ] W. Indian treat (a person or animal ) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous. PHRASES run wild grow or develop without restraint or discipline: these horses have been running wild since they were born | figurative : her imagination had run wild. wild horses wouldn't —— used to convey that nothing could persuade or force one to do something: wild horses wouldn't have kept me away. wild and woolly uncouth in appearance or behaviour. DERIVATIVES wildish adjective, wildly adverb, wildness noun ORIGIN Old English wilde, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German wild .

 

wild arum

wild arum ▶noun another term for cuckoo pint.

 

wild boar

wild boar ▶noun see boar ( sense 1 ).

 

wild cane

wild cane ▶noun another name for giant reed .

 

wild card

wild card ▶noun 1 a playing card that can have any value, suit, colour, or other property in a game at the discretion of the player holding it. • Computing a character that will match any character or sequence of characters in a search. 2 an opportunity to enter a sports competition without having to take part in qualifying matches or be ranked at a particular level. • a player or team given such an opportunity. 3 a person or thing whose influence is unpredictable or whose qualities are uncertain.

 

wildcat

wild |cat |ˈwʌɪl (d )kat | ▶noun 1 a small native Eurasian and African cat that is typically grey with black markings and a bushy tail, noted for its ferocity. ●Felis silvestris, family Felidae, the African race of which is believed to be the ancestor of the domestic cat. • any of the smaller members of the cat family, especially (N. Amer. ) the bobcat. • a hot-tempered or ferocious person, typically a woman. 2 an exploratory oil well. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 (of a strike ) sudden and unofficial: legislation to curb wildcat strikes. 2 commercially unsound or risky. ▶verb [ no obj. ] US prospect for oil.

 

wildcatter

wild |cat ¦ter ▶noun N. Amer. a prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells.

 

wild-caught

wild-caught ▶adjective (of an animal ) taken from the wild rather than bred from captive stock.

 

wild cherry

wild cherry ▶noun another term for gean.

 

wildcraft

wildcraft |ˈwʌɪl (d )krɑːft | ▶verb [ with obj. ] gather (herbs, plants, and fungi ) from the wild. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or practice of wildcrafting.

 

wild dagga

wild dagga ▶noun [ mass noun ] a preparation made from a southern African shrub of the mint family, used similarly to cannabis. ●The plant is Leonotis leonurus, family Labiatae.

 

wild dog

wild dog ▶noun a wild member of the dog family, especially the hunting dog of Africa, the dhole of India, or the dingo of Australia.

 

wild duck

wild duck ▶noun another term for mallard.

 

Wilde, Oscar

Wilde |wʌɪld | (1854 –1900 ), Irish dramatist, novelist, poet, and wit; full name Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde. His advocacy of ‘art for art's sake ’ is evident in his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890 ). As a dramatist he achieved success with the comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892 ) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895 ). Wilde was imprisoned (1895 –7 ) for homosexual offences and died in exile. DERIVATIVES Wildean adjective

 

wildebeest

wildebeest |ˈwɪldəbiːst, ˈvɪ -| ▶noun ( pl. same or wildebeests ) another term for gnu. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans, literally ‘wild beast ’.

 

wilder

wilder |ˈwɪldə | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic cause to lose one's way; lead or drive astray: unknowne Lands, where we have wildered ourselves. • perplex; bewilder: the sad Queen, wildered of thought. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: origin uncertain; perhaps based on wilderness .

 

Wilder, Billy

Wilder, Billy |ˈwʌɪldə | (1906 –2002 ), Austrian-born American film director and screenwriter; born Samuel Wilder. He earned recognition as a writer-director with the film noir classic Double Indemnity (1944 ). Other films include The Apartment (1960 ), which won three Oscars.

 

Wilder, Gene

Wil der, Gene |ˈwīldər ˈwaɪldər | (1935 –), US actor; born Jerome Silberman. He cowrote, directed, and starred in The Woman in Red (1984 ). He cowrote and starred in Young Frankenstein (1974 ) and also starred in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971 ) and Blazing Saddles (1973 ).

 

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Wil der, Laura Ingalls |ˈwīldər ˈwaɪldər | (1867 –1957 ), US writer. She wrote a series of children's books about her experiences growing up on the US frontier during the late 1800s. Her best known is Little House on the Prairie (1935 ), which was the basis for a television series 1974 –83. Other books include Little House in the Big Woods (1932 ) and These Happy Golden Years (1943 ).

 

Wilder, Thornton

Wilder, Thornton |ˈwʌɪldə | (1897 –1975 ), American novelist and dramatist; full name Thornton Niven Wilder. He won several Pulitzer Prizes. Notable works: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (novel, 1927 ) and Our Town (play, 1938 ).

 

wilderness

wil ¦der |ness |ˈwɪldənɪs | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. • a neglected or abandoned area: the garden had become a wilderness of weeds and bushes. • a position of disfavour, especially in a political context: the man who led the Labour Party out of the wilderness | [ as modifier ] : his wilderness years. PHRASES a voice in the wilderness an unheeded advocate of reform (see Matt. 3:3 etc. ).ORIGIN Old English wildēornes ‘land inhabited only by wild animals ’, from wild dēor ‘wild deer ’ + -ness .

 

Wilderness, the

Wil der ness, the a wooded region of Spotsylvania County in northeastern Virginia, site of an inconclusive Civil War battle in 1864.

 

Wilderness Road

Wil der ness Road a historic route, opened by Daniel Boone in the 1770s and used until the 1840s, that allowed western migration through the Allegheny Mountains by way of the Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky.

 

wild-eyed

wild-eyed ▶adjective (of a person or animal ) having an expression of panic or desperation in their eyes.

 

wildfire

wild |fire |ˈwʌɪl (d )fʌɪə | ▶noun 1 a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush. 2 [ mass noun ] historical a combustible liquid such as Greek fire that was readily ignited and difficult to extinguish, used especially in warfare. 3 less common term for will-o'-the-wisp. PHRASES spread like wildfire spread with great speed: the news had spread like wildfire.

 

wild flower

wild flower ▶noun a flower of an uncultivated variety or a flower growing freely without human intervention.

 

wildfowl

wild |fowl |ˈwʌɪl (d )faʊl | ▶plural noun game birds, especially aquatic ones; waterfowl.

 

wild garlic

wild gar ¦lic ▶noun another term for ramsons.

 

wild ginger

wild gin ¦ger ▶noun [ mass noun ] a North American plant with an aromatic root which is used as a ginger substitute. ●Asarum canadense, family Aristolochiaceae.

 

wild goose chase

wild goose chase ▶noun a foolish and hopeless search for or pursuit of something unattainable.

 

wild hyacinth

wild hya |cinth ▶noun Scottish term for bluebell ( sense 1 ).

 

wilding

wilding 1 |ˈwʌɪldɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] US informal the activity by a gang of youths of going on a protracted and violent rampage in a public place, attacking or mugging people at random. ORIGIN 1980s: from the adjective wild + -ing 1 .

 

wilding

wilding 2 |ˈwʌɪldɪŋ |(also wildling |-lɪŋ |) ▶noun a wild plant, especially an apple tree descended from cultivated varieties, or its fruit. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from the adjective wild + -ing 3 .

 

wildlife

wild |life |ˈwʌɪl (d )lʌɪf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] wild animals collectively; the native fauna (and sometimes flora ) of a region.

 

wildlife park

wild |life park ▶noun see park ( sense 1 of the noun ).

 

wild man

wild man ▶noun a man with a fierce or wildly unruly nature. • the image of a primitive or uncivilized man as a symbol of the wild side of human nature or of seasonal fertility. • a supposed manlike animal such as a yeti.

 

wild man of the woods

wild man of the woods ▶noun a man or supposed semi-human creature living in a wild state in woodland. • dated an orang-utan. [translating the Malay word for the animal. ]

 

wild mustard

wild mus |tard ▶noun [ mass noun ] charlock.

 

wild oat

wild oat ▶noun an Old World grass which is related to the cultivated oat and is commonly found as a weed of other cereals. ●Avena fatua, family Gramineae. PHRASES sow one's wild oats see oat.

 

wild pitch

wild pitch Baseball ▶noun a pitch which is not hit by the batter and cannot be stopped by the catcher, enabling a base runner to advance. ▶verb ( wild-pitch ) [ with obj. ] enable (a base runner ) to advance by making a wild pitch.

 

wild rice

wild rice ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tall aquatic American grass related to rice, with edible grains. ●Zizania aquatica, family Gramineae.

 

wild service tree

wild ser |vice tree ▶noun see service tree.

 

wild silk

wild silk ▶noun [ mass noun ] coarse silk produced by wild silkworms, especially tussore.

 

wild type

wild type ▶noun [ mass noun ] Genetics a strain, gene, or characteristic which prevails among individuals in natural conditions, as distinct from an atypical mutant type.

 

wild water

wild water ▶noun another term for white water.

 

Wild West

Wild West the western regions of the US in the 19th century, when they were lawless frontier districts. The Wild West was the last of a succession of frontiers formed as settlers moved gradually further west.

 

wildwood

wild |wood |ˈwʌɪldwʊd | ▶noun chiefly literary an uncultivated wood or forest that has been allowed to grow naturally.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wild

wild adjective 1 wild animals: untamed, undomesticated, feral; fierce, ferocious, savage, untamable. ANTONYMS tame. 2 wild flowers: uncultivated, native, indigenous. ANTONYMS cultivated. 3 wild tribes: primitive, uncivilized, uncultured; savage, barbarous, barbaric. ANTONYMS civilized. 4 wild country: uninhabited, unpopulated, uncultivated; rugged, rough, inhospitable, desolate, barren. 5 wild weather: stormy, squally, tempestuous, turbulent. ANTONYMS calm. 6 her wild black hair: disheveled, tousled, tangled, windswept, untidy, unkempt, mussed up. ANTONYMS tidy. 7 wild behavior: uncontrolled, unrestrained, out of control, undisciplined, unruly, rowdy, disorderly, riotous, corybantic. ANTONYMS self-disciplined, disciplined. 8 wild with excitement: very excited, delirious, in a frenzy; tumultuous, passionate, vehement, unrestrained. ANTONYMS calm. 9 informal I was wild with jealousy: distraught, frantic, beside oneself, in a frenzy, hysterical, deranged, berserk; informal mad, crazy. 10 informal Hank went wild when he found out. See furious (sense 1 ). 11 informal his family wasn't wild about me: enamored of, (very ) enthusiastic about, (very ) keen on, infatuated with, smitten with; informal crazy about, blown away by, mad about, nuts about. ANTONYMS indifferent, unenthusiastic. 12 Bill's wild schemes: madcap, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, rash, stupid, foolhardy, idiotic, absurd, silly, ill-considered, senseless, nonsensical; impractical, impracticable, unworkable; informal crazy, crackpot, cockeyed, harebrained, cockamamie, loopy. ANTONYMS sensible, practical. 13 a wild guess: random, arbitrary, haphazard, hit-or-miss, uninformed. ANTONYMS considered. PHRASES run wild 1 the children are running wild: run amok, run riot, get out of control, be undisciplined. 2 the garden had run wild: grow unchecked, grow profusely, run riot, ramble.

 

wilderness

wilderness noun 1 the Siberian wilderness: wilds, wastes, bush, bush country, bushland, inhospitable region; desert, backcountry, outback, great outdoors; informal boondocks, boonies. 2 the urban wilderness: wasteland, no man's land; informal wilds. ▶adjective wilderness activities: outdoor recreation, ecotourism, adventure, backcountry.

 

wildlife

wildlife noun the wildlife of Southeast Asia: (wild ) animals, fauna, flora and fauna.

 

wilds

wilds plural noun See wilderness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

wild

wild adjective 1 wild animals: untamed, undomesticated, feral; unbroken; fierce, ferocious, savage. ANTONYMS tame. 2 wild flowers: uncultivated, natural; native, indigenous; technical agrestal. ANTONYMS cultivated, hothouse. 3 a wild tribe: primitive, uncivilized, uncultured, uncultivated, uneducated, ignorant; savage, barbarous, barbaric, brutish, ferocious, fierce; Indian jungli; archaic rude. ANTONYMS civilized. 4 a tract of wild hill country: uninhabited, unpopulated, uncultivated, unfarmed, unmanaged, virgin; rugged, rough, inhospitable, desolate, empty, deserted, trackless, waste, barren. 5 a wild night | the wild sea: stormy, squally, tempestuous, turbulent, blustery, windy, howling, raging, roaring, furious, violent; angry, dirty, foul, nasty, inclement; rough, storm-tossed, choppy, boiling; rare boisterous. ANTONYMS calm. 6 her wild black hair: dishevelled, tousled, tangled, windswept; windblown, untidy, messy, disordered, disarranged; uncombed, unkempt; N. Amer. mussed up. ANTONYMS tidy, sleek. 7 he had a reputation for wild behaviour: uncontrolled, unrestrained, out of control, undisciplined, unconstrained, uncurbed, unbridled, unchecked, chaotic; uninhibited, extrovert, unconventional; wayward, self-willed, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, rowdy, disorderly, riotous, lawless; rare corybantic. ANTONYMS self-disciplined. 8 the crowd was wild with excitement: very excited, jumping up and down, on fire, delirious, in a frenzy, frantic; uproarious, tumultuous, passionate, vehement, eager, unrestrained, untrammelled. ANTONYMS calm. 9 informal I was wild with jealousy: distraught, frantic, beside oneself, not knowing what to do with oneself, frenzied, in a frenzy, hysterical, crazed, deranged, berserk; informal mad, crazy. 10 informal Hank's going to be wild when he finds out: furious, very angry, infuriated, incensed, enraged, beside oneself, irate, fuming, in a rage, raging, seething, maddened, exasperated; informal livid, mad, hopping mad, seeing red, hot under the collar, up in arms, foaming at the mouth, on the warpath, steamed up, fit to be tied; Brit. informal spare; Scottish informal radge. ANTONYMS pleased. 11 informal his family weren't exactly wild about me: very keen on, very enthusiastic about, passionate about, enamoured of, infatuated with, smitten with; informal crazy about, mad about, nutty /nuts about, potty about, gone on. ANTONYMS unenthusiastic, indifferent. 12 Bill's wild schemes: madcap, ridiculous, ludicrous, foolish, stupid, lunatic, foolhardy, idiotic, absurd, silly, asinine, unwise, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-conceived, illogical, senseless, nonsensical; impractical, impracticable, unpractical, unworkable, imprudent, reckless, preposterous, outrageous; extravagant, fantastical, fantastic, fanciful; informal crazy, crackpot, crackbrained, cock-eyed; Brit. informal daft. ANTONYMS sensible, practical. 13 a wild guess: random, arbitrary, hit-or-miss, haphazard, uninformed; informal shot-in-the-dark. ANTONYMS considered. PHRASES run wild 1 the vegetable garden had been allowed to run wild: grow unchecked, grow profusely, run riot, spread like wildfire, ramble, straggle. 2 children in the city are running wild: run free, run amok, run riot, get out of control, cut loose, be undisciplined, go on the rampage; Austral. go bush; informal raise hell; N. Amer. informal go postal.

 

wilderness

wilderness noun 1 the Siberian wilderness of Kamchatka: wilds, wastes, uninhabited region, inhospitable region, uncultivated region, badlands; jungle; desert; S. African bundu. 2 a litter-strewn north London wilderness: wasteland, neglected area, abandoned area, no-man's-land. 3 a wilderness of boxes, suitcases, and trunks: jumble, muddle, clutter, confusion.

 

wildlife

wildlife noun (wild ) animals, fauna; flora and fauna.

 

wilds

wilds plural noun he spent a year in the wilds of Canada: remote areas, wilderness; backwoods, hinterlands; N. Amer. backcountry, backland; Austral. /NZ outback, bush, backblocks, booay; S. African backveld, platteland; N. Amer. informal boondocks, boonies, tall timbers; Austral. /NZ informal Woop Woop, beyond the black stump.

 

Duden Dictionary

wild

wild Adjektiv |w i ld |mittelhochdeutsch wilde, althochdeutsch wildi, Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht verwandt mit Wald und eigentlich = im Wald wachsend, nicht angebaut 1 nicht domestiziert; nicht kultiviert, nicht durch Züchtung verändert; wild lebend; wild wachsend wilde Erdbeeren, Rosen, Pferde | wilder Apfel (Holzapfel ) | wilde (nicht veredelte ) Triebe | wilder Honig (Honig von wilden Bienen ) | wildes Tier (größeres, gefährlich wirkendes, nicht domestiziertes Tier, besonders größeres Raubtier ) | er stürzte sich auf sie wie ein wildes Tier (völlig enthemmt und nur dem Trieb folgend ) | die Himbeeren wachsen hier wild | wild wachsende Pflanzen, Arten | wild lebende Tiere, Pferde 2 a veraltend, sonst abwertend nicht zivilisiert; auf niedriger Kulturstufe stehend wilde Stämme b abwertend unzivilisiert, nicht gesittet ein wilder Haufen | wilde Gesellen | dort herrschen wilde Sitten 3 a im natürlichen Zustand befindlich, belassen; vom Menschen nicht verändert; urwüchsig eine wilde Schlucht, Gegend b wuchernd, unkontrolliert wachsend eine wilde Mähne | Männer mit wilden Bärten | wild wucherndes Unkraut | wildes (Medizin ; bei der Wundheilung entstandenes überschüssiges ) Gewebe c Bergmannssprache taub 3 wildes Erz, Gestein d (von Land ) nicht urbar gemacht wildes Land 4 unkontrolliert, nicht reglementiert [und oft ordnungswidrig oder gesetzwidrig ]; offiziell nicht gestattet wilde Streiks | wilde (nicht lizenzierte ) Taxis | eine wilde (durch wildes Abladen von Müll entstandene ) Deponie | wild (an einem nicht dafür vorgesehenen Platz ) baden, parken, zelten 5 a heftig, stürmisch; ungestüm, ungezügelt; durch nichts gehemmt, abgeschwächt, gemildert eine wilde Verfolgungsjagd | eine wilde Flucht | wilde Panik | in wildem Zorn | eine wilde Leidenschaft erfüllte sie | das wild bewegte Wasser | in wilder Entschlossenheit | er stach wild auf ihn ein | alles lag wild durcheinander | wild fluchend lief er durchs Haus | sie ist wild (umgangssprachlich ; fest ) entschlossen, den Aufstieg allein zu schaffen wild auf jemanden, etwas sein umgangssprachlich versessen auf jemanden, etwas sein er ist ganz wild auf sie | wild auf Lakritzen, aufs Skilaufen sein b wütend, rasend, tobend; erregt wilde Kämpfe, Auseinandersetzungen, Debatten | ein wilder , wild gewordener Bulle | wenn du ihm das sagst, wird er wild | jemanden wild machen | mit beiden Fäusten trommelte er wild gegen die Tür wie wild umgangssprachlich mit äußerster Heftigkeit, Intensität o. Ä. das Kind schrie wie wild c (von Tieren ) in ängstliche Erregung versetzt und scheuend das Feuer hat die Pferde wild gemacht d äußerst lebhaft, temperamentvoll eine wilde Rasselbande | ein wildes Kind | seid nicht so wild !e umgangssprachlich äußerst bewegt, ereignisreich wilde Partys feiern 6 das erträgliche Maß überschreitend, maßlos, übermäßig, übertrieben; wüst die wildesten Spekulationen, Behauptungen, Anschuldigungen, Verwünschungen | er stieß wilde Flüche aus | wilde (ausschweifende ) Orgien halb /nicht so wild umgangssprachlich nicht schlimm es ist [alles ] halb so wild

 

Wild

Wild Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ld |das Wild; Genitiv: des Wild [e ]s mittelhochdeutsch wilt, althochdeutsch wild, Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht Kollektivbildung zu wild 1 a jagdbare wild lebende Tiere das Wild ist sehr scheu, wird im Winter gefüttert, wechselt das Revier | ein Stück Wild b zum Wild 1a gehörendes Tier ein gehetztes, scheues Wild 2 Fleisch von Wild 1a sie isst gern Wild

 

Wildbach

Wild bach Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldbach |nicht regulierter, reißender Gebirgsbach mit starkem Gefälle

 

Wildbahn

Wild bahn Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldbahn |in der Fügung freie Wildbahn freie Natur Tiere in freier Wildbahn beobachten

 

Wildbestand

Wild be stand Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldbestand |vgl. Fischbestand

 

Wildbret

Wild bret Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldbret …brɛt |das Wildbret; Genitiv: des Wildbrets mittelhochdeutsch wildbræte, wildbrāt, 2. Bestandteil zu Braten 1 gehoben, Fachsprache Wild 2 2 veraltet Wild 1b

 

Wildcard

Wild card , Wild Card Substantiv, feminin besonders Tennis , die Wild Card |ˈwa͜iltkaːɐ̯t ˈwa͜iltkaːɐ̯t |die Wildcard; Genitiv: der Wildcard, Plural: die Wildcards die Wild Card; Genitiv: der Wild Card, Wild Cards englisch wild card, eigentlich = wilde (= beliebig verwendbare ) Spielkarte (vom Veranstalter erteilte ) Berechtigung, an einem Turnier oder Wettkampf teilzunehmen, ohne die dafür geltende formelle Qualifikation zu erfüllen

 

Wilddieb

Wild dieb Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i lddieb |Person, die wildert

 

wilddieben

wild die ben schwaches Verb |w i lddieben |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « wildern 1a

 

Wilddieberei

Wild die be rei Substantiv, feminin , die |Wilddieber ei |Wilderei

 

Wilddiebin

Wild die bin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i lddiebin |weibliche Form zu Wilddieb

 

Wilde

Wilde Eigenname |va͜ilt |englischer Dichter

 

Wilde

Wil de substantiviertes Adjektiv, feminin |W i lde |die /eine Wilde; der /einer Wilden, die Wilden /zwei Wilde 1 veraltend, sonst abwertend Angehörige eines Naturvolks 2 (besonders in Bezug auf Kinder ) weibliche Person, die sehr wild 5d , temperamentvoll ist wie eine Wilde /wie die Wilden wie wild

 

Wildeber

Wild eber Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldeber |

 

wildeln

wil deln schwaches Verb |w i ldeln |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 1 zu Wild landschaftlich Hautgout haben das Fleisch wildelt stark 2 zu wild österreichisch umgangssprachlich sich wild, ausgelassen gebärden die Kinder wildeln im Garten

 

Wildente

Wild en te Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldente |wild lebende Ente, besonders Stockente

 

wildenzen

wil den zen schwaches Verb landschaftlich |w i ldenzen |stark nach Wild riechen

 

Wilder

Wil der substantiviertes Adjektiv, maskulin |W i lder |der Wilde /einWilder; des /eines Wilden, die Wilden /zwei Wilde 1 veraltend, sonst abwertend Angehöriger eines Naturvolks 2 (besonders in Bezug auf Kinder ) männliche Person, die sehr wild 5d , temperamentvoll ist mein Sohn ist ein ziemlich Wilder junger Wilder jemand, der mit Etabliertem, Traditionellem bricht wie ein Wilder /wie die Wilden umgangssprachlich wie wild

 

Wilderei

Wil de rei Substantiv, feminin , die |Wilder ei |die Wilderei; Genitiv: der Wilderei, Plural: die Wildereien das Wildern

 

Wilderer

Wil de rer Substantiv, maskulin , der Wilderin |W i lderer |der Wilderer; Genitiv: des Wilderers, Plural: die Wilderer mittelhochdeutsch wilderære = Jäger Wilddieb [in ]

 

Wilderin

Wil de rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i lderin |weibliche Form zu Wilderer

 

wildern

wil dern schwaches Verb |w i ldern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « 1 a (strafbarerweise ) ohne Jagderlaubnis Wild schießen, fangen er geht wildern b wildernd 1a erlegen sie hat einen Hasen gewildert 2 (von Hunden, Katzen ) herumstreunen und dabei Wild, wild lebende Tiere töten 3 veraltet ein ungebundenes Leben führen

 

Wildesel

Wild esel Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldesel |wild lebender Esel

 

Wildfang

Wild fang Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldfang |der Wildfang; Genitiv: des Wildfang [e ]s, Wildfänge spätmittelhochdeutsch wiltvanc = jemand, der umherirrte und eingefangen wurde, ursprünglich = eingefangenes (wildes ) Tier 1 wildes, lebhaftes Kind er, sie ist ein Wildfang 2 eingefangenes Wildtier 3 Jägersprache für die Beizjagd eingefangener, ausgewachsener Greifvogel oder Falke

 

Wildfleisch

Wild fleisch Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldfleisch | Wild 2

 

Wildform

Wild form Substantiv, feminin Biologie , die |W i ldform |wild lebende, wild wachsende Form einer Art, von der es auch eine oder mehrere domestizierte Formen gibt

 

wildfremd

wild fremd Adjektiv emotional |w i ldfr e md |zu veraltet wild = fremd, eigentlich tautologisch ganz, völlig fremd

 

Wildfrucht

Wild frucht Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldfrucht |essbare Frucht einer wild wachsenden Pflanze

 

Wildgans

Wild gans Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldgans |wild lebende Gans, besonders Graugans

 

Wildgatter

Wild gat ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldgatter |Gatter zum Schutz (z. B. einer Schonung ) vor Wild

 

Wildgeflügel

Wild ge flü gel Substantiv, Neutrum Kochkunst , das |W i ldgeflügel |Fleisch von Federwild

 

Wildgehege

Wild ge he ge Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldgehege |Gehege zur Haltung von Wild

 

Wildheger

Wild he ger Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldheger |Wildhüter Kurzform: Heger

 

Wildhegerin

Wild he ge rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldhegerin |weibliche Form zu Wildheger

 

Wildheit

Wild heit Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldheit |die Wildheit; Genitiv: der Wildheit, Plural: die Wildheiten das Wildsein; wilde Art

 

Wildheuer

Wild heu er Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldheuer |jemand, der an gefährlichen Hängen in den Alpen Heu macht

 

Wildhuhn

Wild huhn Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldhuhn |wild lebender Hühnervogel

 

Wildhund

Wild hund Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldhund |in mehreren Arten vorkommendes wild lebendes, hundeartiges Raubtier z. B. Dingo

 

Wildhüter

Wild hü ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldhüter |jemand, dem die Hege des Wildes obliegt

 

Wildhüterin

Wild hü te rin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldhüterin |weibliche Form zu Wildhüter

 

Wildkaninchen

Wild ka nin chen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldkaninchen |wild lebendes kleines Kaninchen

 

Wildkatze

Wild kat ze Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldkatze |wild lebende, in vielen Unterarten vorkommende Katze

 

Wildkraut

Wild kraut Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldkraut |wild wachsendes Kraut 2 die Hundskamille wächst als Wildkraut auf Äckern und an Wegen

 

wild lebend

wild le bend , wild le bend Adjektiv wildlebend |w i ld lebend w i ldlebend |(von Tieren, Tierarten ) nicht domestiziert

 

Wildleder

Wild le der Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldleder |1 Leder aus Häuten wild lebender Tiere (besonders Hirsch, Reh, Antilope )2 Leder mit rauer Oberfläche, besonders Veloursleder

 

Wildlederjacke

Wild le der ja cke Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldlederjacke |Jacke aus Wildleder 2

 

wildledern

wild le dern Adjektiv |w i ldledern |aus Wildleder 2 [bestehend, gefertigt ] eine wildlederne Jacke

 

Wildlederschuh

Wild le der schuh Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldlederschuh |Schuh aus Wildleder 2

 

Wildling

Wild ling Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldling |1 durch Aussaat entstandene Pflanze, die als Unterlage 3 für ein Edelreis dient 2 Fachsprache nicht gezähmtes gefangenes Wildtier 3 Forstwirtschaft durch natürliche Aussaat entstandener Baum 4 veraltend sich wild gebärdender Mensch, besonders ein Kind

 

wild machen

wild ma chen, wild ma chen wildmachen |w i ld machen w i ldmachen |schwaches Verb; hat jemanden in heftige Wut versetzen

 

Wildnis

Wild nis Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldnis |die Wildnis; Genitiv: der Wildnis, Plural: die Wildnisse mittelhochdeutsch wiltnisse unbewohntes, unwegsames, nicht kultiviertes oder bebautes Land eine unberührte Wildnis | die Tiere der Wildnis

 

Wildpark

Wild park Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldpark |parkähnliches Areal, eingezäuntes Waldstück, in dem Wild gehalten wird

 

Wildpferd

Wild pferd Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldpferd |1 wild lebendes Pferd (von dem das Hauspferd abstammt )2 verwildertes oder in freier Natur lebendes Hauspferd z. B. Mustang

 

Wildpflanze

Wild pflan ze Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldpflanze |wild wachsende Pflanze

 

wildreich

wild reich Adjektiv |w i ldreich |einen reichen Wildbestand aufweisend

 

Wildreichtum

Wild reich tum Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldreichtum |ohne Plural Reichtum an Wild

 

Wildreis

Wild reis Substantiv, maskulin Kochkunst , der |W i ldreis |Frucht des Wasserreises; längliche schwarzbraune Körner mit nussigem Geschmack, die als Delikatesse gelten

 

Wildreservat

Wild re ser vat Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldreservat | Reservat 1

 

Wildrind

Wild rind Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldrind |wild lebendes Rind

 

wildromantisch

wild ro man tisch Adjektiv |w i ldrom a ntisch | wild 3a und sehr romantisch 2b eine wildromantische Landschaft

 

Wildsau

Wild sau Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldsau |1 Plural: Wildsauen [weibliches ] Wildschwein a eine Wildsau mit ihren Frischlingen | derb abwertend er fährt wie eine Wildsau äußerst rücksichtslos, unverantwortlich 2 Plural Wildsäue derb abwertend, oft als Schimpfwort Schwein 2a

 

Wildschaden

Wild scha den Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldschaden |1 durch Wild verursachter forst- oder landwirtschaftlicher Schaden 2 Versicherungswesen Sachschaden bei einem durch Wildwechsel verursachten Verkehrsunfall

 

Wildschaf

Wild schaf Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldschaf |wild lebendes Schaf z. B. Mufflon

 

Wildschur

Wil d schur , Wil dschur Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldschur |die Wildschur; Genitiv: der Wildschur, Plural: die Wildschuren polnisch wilczura = Wolfspelz, volksetymologisch angelehnt an Wild und Schur im 19. Jahrhundert Bezeichnung für: schwerer Pelzmantel

 

Wildschütz

Wild schütz Substantiv, maskulin , der Wildschütze |W i ldschütz |der Wildschütz; Genitiv: des Wildschützen, Plural: die Wildschützen 1 veraltet Jäger 2 veraltend Wilderer

 

Wildschütze

Wild schüt ze Substantiv, maskulin , der Wildschütz |W i ldschütze |der Wildschütze; Genitiv: des Wildschützen, Plural: die Wildschützen 1 veraltet Jäger 2 veraltend Wilderer

 

Wildschützin

Wild schüt zin Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldschützin |weibliche Form zu Wildschütz

 

Wildschutzzaun

Wild schutz zaun Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldschutzzaun |a Wildzaun b Schutzzaun um ein Gehege 1

 

Wildschwein

Wild schwein Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldschwein |mittelhochdeutsch wiltswīn a wild lebendes Schwein mit braunschwarzem bis hellgrauem, borstigem Fell, großem Kopf und starken Eckzähnen, die seitlich aus der Schnauze hervorstehen b ohne Plural Fleisch von Wildschweinen

 

Wildspezialität

Wild spe zi a li tät Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldspezialität |meist im Plural aus, mit Wild 2 zubereitete Spezialität a

 

Wildtaube

Wild tau be Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldtaube |wild lebende Taube

 

Wildtier

Wild tier Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldtier |wild lebendes Tier

 

Wildtyp

Wild typ Substantiv, maskulin Genetik , der |W i ldtyp |Organismus, der die Normalform repräsentiert

 

Wildunfall

Wild un fall Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldunfall |durch Wildwechsel 2 verursachter Verkehrsunfall

 

Wildverbiss

Wild ver biss Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldverbiss |Verbiss

 

wild wachsend

wild wach send , wild wach send Adjektiv wildwachsend |w i ld wachsend w i ldwachsend |(von Pflanzen, Pflanzenarten ) in der freien Natur vorkommend, nicht gezüchtet, nicht domestiziert

 

Wildwasser

Wild was ser Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldwasser |das Wildwasser < Plural: Wildwasser > 1 Wildbach 2 ohne Plural Kurzwort für: Wildwasserrennen

 

Wildwasserbahn

Wild was ser bahn Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldwasserbahn |Bahn (in Vergnügungsparks ), mit der man in Booten einem Wildwasser nachempfundene Strecken durchfährt

 

Wildwasserfahrt

Wild was ser fahrt Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldwasserfahrt |

 

Wildwasserrennen

Wild was ser ren nen Substantiv, Neutrum , das |W i ldwasserrennen |auf Wildwasser ausgetragener Kanusport für Kajaks und Kanadier Kurzform: Wildwasser 2

 

Wildwechsel

Wild wech sel Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldwechsel |1 vom Wild regelmäßig benutzter Weg, Pfad zum Ort der Nahrungsaufnahme, der Tränke u. a. Kurzform: Wechsel 3 2 ohne Plural das Überwechseln des Wildes, besonders über einen Verkehrsweg

 

Wildwest

Wild west Substantiv ohne Artikel |Wildw e st |ohne Artikel; ohne Plural der Wilde Westen die Story spielt in Wildwest

 

Wildwestfilm

Wild west film Substantiv, maskulin , der |Wildw e stfilm |Western

 

Wildwestmanier

Wild west ma nier Substantiv, feminin , die |Wildw e stmanier |Wildwestmethode

 

Wildwestmethode

Wild west me tho de Substantiv, feminin , die |Wildw e stmethode |meist im Plural raue, oft ungesetzliche, durchs Faustrecht bestimmte Art des Handelns, wie sie in Wildwestfilmen gezeigt wird das sind ja die reinsten Wildwestmethoden

 

Wildwuchs

Wild wuchs Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldwuchs |a vom Menschen nicht beeinflusstes Wachsen (von Pflanzen ) den Wildwuchs selten gewordener Pflanzen fördern | figurativ der Wildwuchs von Windkraftanlagen b durch Wildwuchs a entstandene Pflanzen

 

wildwüchsig

wild wüch sig Adjektiv selten |w i ldwüchsig |wild wachsend wildwüchsige Pflanzen

 

Wildzaun

Wild zaun Substantiv, maskulin , der |W i ldzaun |vgl. Wildgatter

 

Wildziege

Wild zie ge Substantiv, feminin , die |W i ldziege |wild lebende Ziege z. B. Steinbock

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wild

wild /waɪld /〖語源は 「森林 (weald )」〗(副 )wildly 形容詞 ～er ; ～est /1 は比較なし 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗野生の , 自然の状態 [環境 ]で育つ, 人の手のかかっていない 〈動植物 〉(↔domestic , tame )▸ wild animals [plants ]野生動物 [植物 ]▸ wild dogs [birds ]野犬 [鳥 ]▸ grow wild 自生する 2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗未開の (uncultivated ); 自然のままの ; 荒涼とした (desolate ); 人の住んでない 〈土地 〉▸ the wild woods 未開の森 3 〈人 目つきなどが 〉 «…のために » 狂気じみた ; 激情した «with » ; 〈行為などが 〉 (激しい感情に駆られ )熱狂的な, 猛烈な ▸ drive him wild with fear 彼を恐怖で狂乱させる ▸ break out into wild laughter 突然大声で笑い出す ▸ wild applause 割れんばかりの拍手喝采 （かつさい ）.4 〈人 行動などが 〉乱暴な , 荒々しい, 手のつけようのない ; 放埓 （ほうらつ ）とした ▸ a wild boy (素行などが悪く )手に負えない少年 ▸ a wild party 乱痴気パーティ ▸ live a wild life 放縦な生活をする 5 ｟くだけた話 ｠〈事が 〉すごく楽しい, わくわくするような .6 ｟くだけた話 ｠〖be ～〗【事 人などを 】夢中に思って, 気に入って «about » ; «…したくて » たまらなくて «to do » ▸ I'm not that wild about your idea .君の考えにあまり乗り気じゃないんだ 7 〖名詞 の前で 〗見当違いの, 突拍子もない, でたらめな 〈考え 計画など 〉; 的をそれた 〈投球など 〉; (色 柄が )派手な, 奇抜な ▸ take [make ] a wild guess 当て推量をする .8 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗荒れた , 激しい 〈天候 海など 〉; 動乱の 〈時勢など 〉▸ a wild sea 荒海 9 〈人が 〉未開の ; 野蛮な .10 〈髪が 〉乱れた ; 〈部屋が 〉散らかった .11 〘トランプ 〙〈札が 〉どの札にも代用できる .g ò w í ld «…で » 沸き立つ, 熱狂する ; 激怒する «with » ▸ go wild with excitement 興奮に沸きかえる .r ù n w í ld 1 〈植物 動物が 〉自然のままに成長する .2 〈子供が 〉 (しかられずに )したい放題にする .3 〈想像力などが 〉自由に巡る .w ì ld and w ó oly ｟米話 ｠(無法時代の米国西部のように )荒っぽい ; 波乱に満ちた .名詞 1 U 〖the ～〗自然のままの環境, 野生の状態 ▸ animals in the wild 野生に住む動物 2 C 〖the ～s 〗辺境の地 , 荒野 , 未開地 ▸ the wilds of China 中国の辺境 副詞 乱暴に ▸ shoot wild 乱射する .～̀ b ó ar 〘動 〙野生豚, イノシシ .～́ c à rd 1 〘トランプ 〙ワイルドカード 〘どの札にも代用可能な万能札; ジョーカーなど 〙.2 〘スポーツ 〙ワイルドカード 〘主催者枠で特別に参加するチーム [選手 ]〙.3 〘コンピュ 〙ワイルドカード 〘検索時に任意の文字 (列 )の代用にされる記号; *など 〙.～̀ d ú ck 〘鳥 〙野ガモ, マガモ .～̀ g ó ose 〘鳥 〙ガン, カリ 〘アヒルの野生種 〙.～̀ h ó rse 野生の馬 ; 荒馬 ▸ Wild horses wouldn't [couldn't ] drag me away from here .｟話 ｠何があっても絶対ここをどかないからな 〘4頭の馬を罪人の四肢に結び引っぱらせた昔の拷問より 〙.～̀ ó at 〘植 〙野生のカラスムギ ▸ sow (one's ) wild oats (若いころに )放蕩 （ほうとう ）する, 女遊びに明け暮れる .～̀ p í tch 〘野球 〙(投手の )暴投 .～̀ r í ce 〘植 〙ワイルドライス, マコモ 〘北米 中国産; イネ科で実は食用 〙.～̀ r ó se 〘植 〙野バラ .W -̀ W é st 〖the ～〗(19世紀開拓時代の無法な )米国西部の辺境地帯 .

 

wildcat

w í ld c à t 名詞 C 1 ヤマネコ ; 野良猫 .2 ｟話 ｠すぐ怒る人 ; 意地悪女 .3 試掘井 .動詞 (→cat 1 )自動詞 ｟米 ｠(原油を求めて )試掘する .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗無謀な, むこうみずな, 危険な 〈計画 商売 〉.～̀ str í ke 山猫ストライキ 〘組合組織としてでなく突然行われるストライキ 〙.～ter 名詞 C (原油を求めて )試掘する人 .

 

Wilde

Wilde /waɪld /名詞 ワイルド 〘Oscar ～, 1854 --1900; アイルランド出身の英国の劇作家 小説家 詩人 〙.

 

wildebeest

wil de beest /vɪ́ldəbìːst, wɪ́ldə -/名詞 複 ～, ～s C 〘動 〙ウィルドビースト (gnu ) 〘アフリカの大型レイヨウ 〙.

 

wilderness

wil der ness /wɪ́ldə r nəs / (! -i-は /ɪ /) 名詞 複 ～es /-ɪz /C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 〖the ～〗荒野 , 原野 ; 砂漠 .2 人の姿も気配もない場所 , 荒涼とした所 .3 〖a ～〗雑然とした集まり .4 〖the W- 〗ウィルダネス 〘米国Virginia州北東部の森林地帯; 南北戦争の激戦地 〙.5 (庭などの )手入れをしていない部分 .6 ｟比喩的に ｠不幸な状態 ▸ the political wilderness 政治の空白 [荒廃 ]a v ò ice [cr ỳ, v ó ice cr ỳ ing ] in the w í lderness 荒野 （あらの ）で呼ばわる者の声 〘世に受け入れられない警告; 聖書より 〙.in [into ] the w í lderness 〈政治家 有力者が 〉権力や活動の中心から離れて, 在野で 〈過ごすなど 〉.～́ à rea ｟米 ｠自然保護地域 .

 

wild-eyed

w ì ld- é yed 形容詞 1 (恐怖 怒りなどで )目をすえた .2 過激な ; 極端な .

 

wildfire

w í ld f ì re 名詞 U C 野火 .spr è ad [go r ò und ] like w í ldfire 〈知らせ うわさなどが 〉瞬く間に広まる, ぱっと広がる .

 

wildflower

w í ld fl ò wer 名詞 C 野の花, 野草 .

 

wildfowl

w í ld f ò wl 名詞 複 ～, ～s C 野鳥 〘主に猟の対象となるカモ ガン シギなど 〙.

 

wild-goose chase

w ì ld-g ó ose ch à se 名詞 C (成功する見込みのない )むだな試み, 無益な探求, むだ足 .

 

wildlands

w í ld l à nds 名詞 〖複数扱い 〗荒地, 原野 .

 

wildlife

w í ld l ì fe 名詞 U 〖集合的に 〗野生生物 .～́ p à rk サファリパーク .

 

wildly

wild ly /wáɪl (d )li /→wild 副詞 more ～; most ～1 〖動詞 と共に 〗興奮して ; 落ち着きなく ▸ cheer wildly 興奮して歓声をあげる .2 〖動詞 と共に 〗抑制 [自制心 ]のない状態で , 乱暴に, 激しく .3 あまり考えもせずに , でたらめに .4 〖通例 形容詞 の前で; また 動詞 の後で 〗並はずれて , あまりにもひどく ; きわめて ▸ a wildly successful opera 大成功を収めたオペラ

 

wildness

w í ld ness 名詞 U 1 野生 .2 (土地の )荒廃 .3 乱暴 ; 無謀 ; 狂気 ; 放らつ .