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Idioms about wild

Origin of wild

before 900; Middle English, Old English wilde; cognate with Dutch, German wild,Old Norse villr,Swedish vild,Gothic wiltheis

OTHER WORDS FROM wild

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How to use wild in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for wild (1 of 2)

wild
/ (waɪld) /

adjective
adverb
in a wild manner
run wild
  1. to grow without cultivation or care
  2. to behave without restraint
noun
(often plural) a desolate, uncultivated, or uninhabited region
the wild
  1. a free natural state of living
  2. the wilderness

Derived forms of wild

wildish, adjectivewildly, adverbwildness, noun

Word Origin for wild

Old English wilde; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wildi, Old Norse villr, Gothic wiltheis

British Dictionary definitions for wild (2 of 2)

Wild
/ (waɪld) /

noun
Jonathan. ?1682–1725, British criminal, who organized a network of thieves, highwaymen, etc, while also working as an informer: said to have sent over a hundred men to the gallows before being hanged himself
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Other Idioms and Phrases with wild

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