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 →

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 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 →
• 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

• Gardens need regular weeding, mowing and watering or they quickly grow wild.
• And for anything that could hurt you, like a wild mushroom, the answer always goes to a grown-up.
• Some wild mushrooms are deadly poisonous; never eat one because a bot, a website or a friend says it is fine.
• City animals are wild animals, so watch them, but do not feed, chase or touch them.
• Octopuses can solve puzzles, open jars, learn by watching and remember people; wild ones carry coconut shell halves to hide in.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wild» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.