wild
adjective (NATURAL) /waɪld/Definition
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A2 refers to plants or animals that live or grow independently of people, in natural conditions and with natural characteristics: wild flowers/grasses a herd of wild horsesNatural and artificial B2 describes land that is not used to grow crops and has few people living in it: a wild, mountainous regionDeserts, prairies and wildernesses wildness /ˈwaɪld.nəs/ noun [U] › the wildness (= natural and extreme beauty) of the Western HighlandsDeserts, prairies and wildernesses
(Definition of wild adjective (NATURAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- badlands noun
- bush noun (AREA OF LAND)
- common noun (LAND)
- desert noun
- dust bowl noun
- grassland noun
- heath noun
- heathland noun
- meadow noun
- moor noun
- mulga noun
- plain noun (LAND)
- scrub noun (PLANTS)
- steppe noun
- the outback noun
- tundra noun
- undeveloped adjective
- virgin adjective (NATURAL)
- wadi noun
- waste noun (EMPTY GROUND)
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