wild vs wild animal

wild

noun
  • The undomesticated state of a wild animal. 

  • A wilderness. 

  • civilization at large as opposed to contrived or laboratory conditions. 

adj
  • From or relating to wild creatures. 

  • Disheveled, tangled, or untidy. 

  • Hard to steer. 

  • Raucous, unruly, or licentious. 

  • Furious; very angry. 

  • Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered. 

  • Amazing, awesome, unbelievable. 

  • Untamed; not domesticated; specifically, in an unbroken line of undomesticated animals (as opposed to feral, referring to undomesticated animals whose ancestors were domesticated). 

  • Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately. 

  • Enthusiastic. 

  • Of unregulated and varying frequency. 

  • Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching. 

  • Unrestrained or uninhibited. 

  • Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic. 

  • Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain. 

  • Very inaccurate; far off the mark. 

adv
  • Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately. 

  • Inaccurately; not on target. 

verb
  • (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way. 

  • To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. 

wild animal

noun
  • Any animal living in a natural, undomesticated state. 

  • One exhibiting uncontrolled behaviour. 

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