Definición de "wild"
Formas de la palabra: plural wilds
, comparative wilder
, superlative wildest
1. adjetivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Wild animals or plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by
people.
2. adjetivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Wild land is natural and is not used by people.
3. sustantivo plural
The wilds of a place are the natural areas that are far away from towns.
4. adjetivo [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Wild is used to describe the weather or the sea when it is stormy.
6. adjetivo
If you describe someone or their behaviour as wild, you mean that they behave in a very uncontrolled way.
8. adjetivo graduable
If you say that someone has wild eyes or a wild look, you mean that their eyes are wide open and staring because they are frightened, angry, or insane.
9. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun]
10. See also wild child, wildly
11.
See be wild about
12.
See in the wild
13.
See to run wild
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Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
wild in British English
adjetivo
1.
(of animals) living independently of humans; not domesticated or tame
2.
(of plants) growing in a natural state; not cultivated
14.
jacks are wild
15. See wild and woolly
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Formas derivadas
wildish (ˈwildish) adjetivo
wildly (ˈwildly)
adverbio
wildness (ˈwildness)
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra wild
Old English wilde; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wildi, Old Norse villr, Gothic wiltheisFrecuencia de uso de la palabra
Wild in British English
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
wild in American English
adjetivo
1.
living or growing in its original, natural state and not normally domesticated or cultivated
wild flowers, wild animals
4.
wild children
5.
characterized by a lack of social or moral restraint; unbridled in pursuing pleasure; dissolute, orgiastic, etc.
a wild rake, a wild party
13. Cards
having any value specified by the holder
said of a card deuces, when wild in poker, may be counted as aces, kings, etc.
adverbio
14.
in a wild manner; wildly; without aim or control
to shoot wild
sustantivo
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Formas derivadas
wildly (ˈwildly)
adverbio
wildness (ˈwildness)
sustantivo
Frecuencia de uso de la palabra
wild in American English
(waild) (adjective -er, -est)
adjetivo
1.
living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated
a wild animal
wild geese
2.
growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey
wild cherries
3.
uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste
wild country
6.
characterized by or indicating violent feelings or excitement, as actions or a person's
appearance
wild cries
a wild look
8.
violently or uncontrollably affected
wild with rage
wild with pain
10.
unrestrained, untrammeled, or unbridled
wild enthusiasm
14.
disorderly or disheveled
wild hair
15.
wide of the mark
He scored on a wild throw
16. informal
intensely eager or enthusiastic
wild to get started
wild about the new styles
sustantivo
SYNONYMS 1. undomesticated, untamed, unbroken; ferocious. 4. barbarian, savage. 5. tempestuous, stormy, frenzied, turbulent. 6. boisterous. 7. insane. 9. self-willed, riotous, unrestrained, wayward. 10. uncontrollable. 12. reckless, rash, extravagant, impracticable. 13. grotesque, bizarre, strange, fanciful. 14. unkempt.ANTONYMS 1. tame.22. (often wilds)
an uncultivated, uninhabited, or desolate region or tract; waste; wilderness; desert
a cabin in the wild
a safari to the wilds of Africa
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Formas derivadas
wildly adverbio
wildness
sustantivo
Origen de la palabra wild
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another word for jack
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one of the four suits in an ordinary pack of cards bearing red lozenge-shapes symbols
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to break a rule of play by failing to follow suit when able to do so; renege
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the suit of cards marked with the black trefoil symbol
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Inglés británico: wild
/waɪld/ ADJECTIVE
Wild animals and plants live or grow in natural surroundings and are not looked after by people.
...wild cats.
- Inglés americano: wild /ˈwaɪld/
- Árabe: بَرِيّ
- Portugués brasileño: selvagem
- Chino: 野性的
- Croata: divlji
- Checo: divoký
- Danés: vild
- Holandés: wild
- Español europeo: salvaje
- Finlandés: villi
- Francés: sauvage
- Alemán: wild
- Griego: άγριος
- Italiano: selvaggio
- Japonés: 野生の
- Coreano: 야생의
- Noruego: vill
- Polaco: dziki żyjące na swobodzie (zwierzę)
- Portugués: selvagem
- Rumano: sălbatic
- Ruso: дикий
- Español: salvaje
- Sueco: vild
- Tailandés: ซึ่งเกิดในป่า, ซึ่งอยู่ในป่า
- Turco: yabani
- Ucraniano: дикий
- Vietnamita: hoang dã
Inglés británico: wild
NOUN /waɪld/
The wilds of a place are the natural areas that are far away from towns.
They went canoeing in the wilds of the country.
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