wild
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 →
2) Of land: natural, with few people or buildings. tree →
3) Not controlled; very noisy, excited or rough: a wild party, wild behaviour. tree →
4) Of weather: stormy and strong. tree →
5) Not sensible or a guess without thinking: a wild guess. tree →
6) Noun: the wild — nature, away from people. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? (Writings JOB.39.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lions are wild animals. tree →
- We picked wild blackberries with Grandma. tree →
- Never touch a wild animal, even if it looks friendly. tree →
- The wind was wild last night. tree →
- The crowd went wild when we scored. tree →
- Pandas live in the wild in China. tree →
- That was a wild guess, not a real answer. tree →
- Don't eat wild mushrooms — some are poisonous. tree →
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
- God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
- Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
- A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it?
- For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- Save me from the lion's mouth; yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen do Thou answer me.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wild» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.