wild

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The designs I've seen where the dictum is "Let your creativity run wild!

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Quick take

a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wild gathered in one view.

noun

a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

noun

a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

adjective

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wild.

noun

a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"

noun

a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

adjective

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"

adjective

in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"

adjective

in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"

adjective

deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch"

adjective

(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"

adjective

without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

adjective

talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"

adjective

involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"

adjective

fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance"

adjective

located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"

adjective

intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her"

adjective

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"

adjective

(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

See also: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous

adverb

in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here"

adverb

in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"

Example sentences

The designs I've seen where the dictum is "Let your creativity run wild!

Engaging in a wild HN thread, full of well meaning but varied techy suggestions/speculation might not be the best approach right now. Have some friends sift through it for good information and disengage.

This was the same court, by the way, that had adopted the State Street test that led to a wild proliferation of business-method patents and that was struck down in Bilski.

We can form hypotheses, test those hypotheses rigorously, and perhaps make some lineages of harmful microorganisms as extinct in the wild as the smallpox virus and rinderpest virus now are.

Interesting hypothesis, and he makes it look very scientific with the formulae and all, but it's still a wild crazy guess that delivers no actual falsifiable prediction.

You don't get lost in things you think you already knowyou learn concepts fresh and the language, because it's so weird and wild and totally abstract and you can't imagine using it for any real projectis as malleable and temporary as modeling clay.

No matter what else happens in the world, the core team will be able to focus entirely on Meteor for several years, without taking on consulting work or trying to create some other application on top of Meteor to sellDoes that raise any red flags for anybody?Do development frameworks built for their own sake ever really work in the wild?I think of successful ways to build web apps, and the names that spring to mind are rails, django, php, etc. that evolved by developers who were using them to build stuff.