"in the wild" meaning in English

See in the wild in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the wild, {{en-PP}} in the wild
  1. (usually of animals) Living and roaming freely in nature; not domesticated. Tags: usually Translations (not domesticated): in het wild (Dutch), in de natuur (Dutch), luonnossa (Finnish), vapaana (Finnish), dans la nature (French), in freier Natur (German), in freier Wildbahn (German), wildlebend (German), na natureza (Portuguese), на во́ле (na vóle) (Russian), в ди́кой приро́де (v díkoj priróde) (Russian), doğada (Turkish), tabiatta (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_wild-en-prep_phrase-2vzjEcPr Disambiguation of 'not domesticated': 92 1 5 2
  2. (figuratively) At large. Tags: figuratively Translations (at large): luonnossa (Finnish), vapaana (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_wild-en-prep_phrase-FvBHbdFe Disambiguation of 'at large': 0 100 0 0
  3. (figuratively) In written or spoken language use, especially by native speakers. Tags: figuratively Translations (in language use): in het wild (Dutch), luonnossa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_wild-en-prep_phrase-9UZvXzlZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 72 10 Disambiguation of 'in language use': 6 0 90 5
  4. (figuratively) By coincidence in the course of everyday life. Tags: figuratively Related terms: wild type
    Sense id: en-in_the_wild-en-prep_phrase-OLoQfeiB

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