[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wild/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / wild # wild adjective (wild, wilder, wildest); noun (the wild, the wilds); adverb (run wild) «wild» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people: wild animals, wild flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m1) 2. Of land: natural, with few people or buildings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m2) 3. Not controlled; very noisy, excited or rough: a wild party, wild behaviour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m3) 4. Of weather: stormy and strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m4) 5. Not sensible or a guess without thinking: a wild guess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m5) 6. Noun: the wild — nature, away from people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m6) ### In the lessons In science: wild animals versus pets and farm animals; habitats; wildlife. In safety: never feed or touch wild animals (they can bite, carry illness); don't eat wild berries or mushrooms without an adult who knows. In stories: wild places and wild weather make adventures. Phrases: in the wild, wild animal, wildlife, a wild guess, run wild, go wild, wild about something. ### Examples - Lions are wild animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x1) - We picked wild blackberries with Grandma. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x2) - Never touch a wild animal, even if it looks friendly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x3) - The wind was wild last night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x4) - The crowd went wild when we scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x5) - Pandas live in the wild in China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x6) - That was a wild guess, not a real answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x7) - Don't eat wild mushrooms — some are poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x8) ### Note Comparisons: wilder, wildest. Opposite: tame (animals), cultivated or garden (plants), calm (people). Say «wyld» (rhymes with child). «Wildlife» = wild animals and plants, one word. In maths a «wild guess» is not an estimate: an estimate uses rounding and thinking. ## In Jewish tradition Used for undomesticated animals such as the wild ox, wild goat and wild ass. **Interpretation.** The Torah lists wild animals that may be eaten, and these belong to the laws of clean animals. ### Examples - God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox. (Torah NUM.23.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x1) - the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep. (Torah DEU.14.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x2) - And he shall be a wild ass of a man: his hand shall be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the face of all his brethren.' (Torah GEN.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x3) - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x4) - Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x5) - Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/#x6) ### Note Comparisons: wilder, wildest. Opposite: tame (animals), cultivated or garden (plants), calm (people). Say «wyld» (rhymes with child). «Wildlife» = wild animals and plants, one word. In maths a «wild guess» is not an estimate: an estimate uses rounding and thinking. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «wild» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wild» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wild.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «wild» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wild/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«wild» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wild.html) on Mova free.