wild

1 /waIld/ adjective

1 PLANTS/ANIMALS living in a natural state, not changed or controlled by humans: wild flowers | a wild rabbit | grow wild: daffodils growing wild in the meadow

2 EMOTIONS feeling or expressing strong uncontrolled emotions, especially anger, happiness, or excitement: wild laughter

(+ with): wild with excitement

3 go wild

a) to behave in a very excited way: The crowd went wild as soon as Jackson stepped onto the stage.

b) to get very angry

4 CRAZY behaving in an uncontrolled, sometimes violent way: She's great fun, but a bit wild. | Jack had a wild look in his eyes.

5 ENJOYABLE informal very enjoyable and exciting: That was a really wild party last night!

6 be wild about to be very interested in or excited about something: My son's wild about racing cars.

7 WITHOUT CAREFUL THOUGHT done or said without much thought or care, or without knowing all the facts: wild accusations | a wild guess: I just made a wild guess and it turned out to be right.

8 run wild

a) if a garden or plant runs wild, it grows uncontrollably because no one is looking after it

b) if children run wild, they do what they like because they are not controlled by an adult

9 beyond your wildest dreams beyond anything you imagined or hoped for: an invention that was to change our lives beyond our wildest dreams

10 WEATHER violent and strong: wild winds

11 CARD GAMES a card that is wild can be used to represent any other card in a game

—see also: wild card (1), sow your wild oats sow — wildly adverb: The.crowd ran wildly through the streets. | wildly inaccurate statements — wildness noun (U) 2 noun

1 in the wild in natural and free conditions, not kept or controlled by humans: There are very few pandas living in the wild now.

2 the wilds of Africa/Alaska etc areas where there are no towns and not many people live