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(1):

(superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.

(2):

(superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.

(3):

(superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.

(4):

(superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.

(5):

(superl.) Hard to steer; - said of a vessel.

(6):

(superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.

(7):

(adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.

(8):

(superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.

(9):

(superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.

(10):

(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wild'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wild.html. 1828.
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