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# wild

«wild» in Mova's school dictionary: **Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (wild, wilder, wildest); noun (the wild, the wilds); adverb (run wild)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Living or growing in nature, not looked after by people: wild animals, wild flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m1)

2) Of land: natural, with few people or buildings. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m3)

4) Of weather: stormy and strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m4)

5) Not sensible or a guess without thinking: a wild guess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m5)

6) Noun: the wild — nature, away from people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#m6)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x1)
- We picked wild blackberries with Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x2)
- Never touch a wild animal, even if it looks friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x3)
- The wind was wild last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x4)
- The crowd went wild when we scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x5)
- Pandas live in the wild in China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x6)
- That was a wild guess, not a real answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/#x7)
- Don't eat wild mushrooms — some are poisonous. [tree →](https://md.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 the corpora

- [Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/15/)
- [And for anything that could hurt you, like a wild mushroom, the answer always goes to a grown-up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/7/)
- [Some wild mushrooms are deadly poisonous; never eat one because a bot, a website or a friend says it is fine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/17/)
- [City animals are wild animals, so watch them, but do not feed, chase or touch them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/14-the-city-as-a-habitat/4/)
- [Octopuses can solve puzzles, open jars, learn by watching and remember people; wild ones carry coconut shell halves to hide in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/39-octopuses-squid-and-cuttlefish/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wild» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wild/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.