wild

CEFRA1

/ˈwaɪ̯ld/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Living or growing naturally, not controlled by people.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    From or relating to wild creatures.

Examples

  • He took a wild swing at the ball.

  • The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Untamed; not domesticated.

  2. Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.

  3. Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).

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In context

  • Look out for the wild dog!

  • In this region, the wild boars can be dangerous, but (perhaps counterintuitively) the feral hogs can be even worse.

  • Przewalski's horses are the only remaining wild horses, although there are many feral horses throughout the world.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wil (“wild”), Saterland Frisian wíeld, wüüld (“wild”), West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Bavarian wüd (“wild”), Central Franconian weld (“wild”), Cimbrian bill (“crazy, mad; wild; stupid”), Dutch, German, and Low German wild (“wild”), Luxembourgish wëll (“wild; savage”), Vilamovian wyłd (“wild”), Yiddish ווילד (vild, “wild; savage”), Danish and Swedish vild (“wild”), Faroese villur (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild; lost; bar...