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wild
     adj 1: marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild
            ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild
            parties" [ant: {tame}]
     2: in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated;
        "wild geese"; "edible wild plants" [syn: {untamed}] [ant:
        {tame}]
     3: in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with
        grief"
     4: deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet";
        "a wild pitch"
     5: (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent
        clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a
        violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" [syn: {violent}]
     6: not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with
        a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
     7: talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: {raving},
         {raving mad}]
     8: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild
        strawberries" [syn: {spontaneous}]
     9: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert
        island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild
        stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: {desert}, {godforsaken},
         {waste}]
     10: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
         "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
         crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
         efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian},
          {barbaric}, {savage}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}]
     11: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
         on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
         {angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {tempestuous}]
     n 1: a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived
          in the wild" [syn: {natural state}, {state of nature}]
     2: a wild and uninhabited area [syn: {wilderness}]
     adv 1: in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly
            around here" [syn: {rampantly}]
     2: in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming
        wild"
Source: WordNet® 2.0


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