13beyond your wildest dreams → see dream
14in your wildest dreams → see dream
15to sow your wild oats → see oats SYNONYMS wild ADJ 1
savage:
untamed:
feral:
wi ld boa r (wild boar or wild boars ) N‑COUNT A wild boar is a large fierce pig which has two long curved teeth and a hairy body, and lives in forests.
wi ld card (wild cards ) also wildcard
1
N‑COUNT
If you refer to someone or something as a
wild card
in a particular situation, you mean that they cause uncertainty because you do not know how they will behave. □ [+
2 N‑COUNT If a sports player is given a wild card for a particular competition, they are allowed to play in it, although they have not qualified for it in the usual way. You can also use wild card to refer to a player who enters a competition in this way.
3 N‑COUNT A wildcard is a symbol such as * or ? which is used in some computing commands or searches in order to represent any character or range of characters. [COMPUTING ]
wild|cat /wa I ldkæt/ (wildcats )
1 N‑COUNT A wildcat is a cat which is very fierce and lives especially in mountains and forests.
2
ADJ
[ADJ
n] A
wildcat
strike happens suddenly, as a result of a decision by a group of workers, and is not officially approved by a trade union. □
wi ld chi ld N‑SING Journalists sometimes use wild child to refer to a teenage girl who enjoys herself in an uncontrolled way, for example by going to a lot of parties. [BRIT ]
wil|de|beest /w I ld I biːst, v I l-/ (wildebeest ) N‑COUNT A wildebeest is a large African antelope which has a hairy tail, short curved horns, and long hair under its neck. Wildebeest usually live in large groups.
wil|der|ness
/w
I
ldə
r
nes/ (wildernesses
) N‑COUNT
[usu sing] A
wilderness
is a desert or other area of natural land which is not used by people. □
wild|fire /wa I ldfa I ə r / (wildfires )
1
N‑COUNT
A
wildfire
is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage. □
2
PHRASE
If something, especially news or a rumour,
spreads like wildfire
, it spreads extremely quickly. □
wi ld flow|er (wild flowers ) also wildflower N‑COUNT Wild flowers are flowers which grow naturally in the countryside, rather than being grown by people in gardens.
wild|fowl /wa I ldfaʊl/ also wild fowl N‑PLURAL Wildfowl are birds such as ducks, swans, and geese that live close to lakes or rivers.
wi
ld goo
se chase
(wild goose chases
) also
wild-goose chase
N‑COUNT
[usu
wild|life
/wa
I
ldla
I
f/ N‑UNCOUNT
You can use
wildlife
to refer to the animals and other living things that live in the wild. □
wild|ly /wa I ldli/
1
ADV
[usu ADV
adj, oft ADV
after v] You use
wildly
to emphasize the degree, amount, or intensity of something. [EMPHASIS
] □
2 → see also wild
Wi ld We st N‑SING The Wild West is used to refer to the western part of the United States during the time when Europeans were first settling there.