wild

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

• 3lacking discipline or restraint:wild parties were never her scene
• informal very enthusiastic or excited:I’m not wild about the music
• informal very angry.

• 4not 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

• 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

• treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous: let your pigeon fly for a while: we don’t want to wild him