Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
wild
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective (wilder, wildest)
animals / plants
1 living or growing in natural conditions; not kept in a house or on a farm:
wild animals / flowers * a wild rabbit * wild strawberries * The plants grow wild along the banks of rivers.
scenery / land
2 in its natural state; not changed by people:
wild moorland / mountains * The island is a wild and lonely place.
out of control
3 lacking discipline or control:
The boy is wild and completely out of control. * He had a wild look in his eyes. * wild mood swings
feelings
4 full of very strong feeling:
wild laughter / applause / cheers * a wild and romantic love affair * The crowd went wild. * It makes me wild (= very angry) to see such waste.
not sensible
5 not carefully planned; not sensible or accurate:
He made a wild guess at the answer. * wild accusations / rumours
exciting
6 (informal) very good, enjoyable or exciting:
We had a wild time in New York.
enthusiastic
7 ~ about sb/sth (informal) very enthusiastic about sb/sth:
She's totally wild about him. * I'm not wild about the idea.
weather / sea
8 affected by storms and strong winds:
a wild night * The sea was wild.
wildness noun [U]
seealsoWILDLY
IDIOMS
beyond your wildest dreams far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for
run wild
1 to grow or develop freely without any control:
The ivy has run wild. * Let your imagination run wild and be creative.
2 if children or animals run wild, they behave as they like because nobody is controlling them:
Those boys have been allowed to run wild.
wild horses would not drag, make, etc. sb (do sth) used to say that nothing would prevent sb from doing sth or make them do sth they do not want to do
moreatSOWv.
noun
1 (the wild) [sing.] a natural environment that is not controlled by people:
The bird is too tame now to survive in the wild. * The animals were released back into the wild when they had recovered.
2 (the wilds) [pl.] areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live:
the wilds of Alaska * (humorous) They live on a farm somewhere out in the wilds.
