See wild on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "wild",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "wilder",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "wildest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wolves and bears are wild animals."
},
{
"text": "We found some wild berries and ate them."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If an animal or plant is wild it is not tame. This means it lives in nature and people have not changed it."
],
"id": "simple-wild-en-adj-igSm7dQ0",
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{
"word": "natural"
},
{
"word": "untame"
},
{
"word": "uncultivated"
}
]
},
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is so wild, all she does is drink and party!"
},
{
"text": "That was a wild party."
},
{
"text": "They were playing wild music all night."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized."
],
"id": "simple-wild-en-adj-Fa~ugFl6",
"raw_tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That is a wild shirt you have on!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is wild it is very good or very interesting."
],
"id": "simple-wild-en-adj-mgDscizh",
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cool"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"If a card is wild it can be used as any other card in a game."
],
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"raw_tags": [
"playing cards"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "wīld"
},
{
"ipa": "/waɪld/"
},
{
"sampa": "/waIld/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "wild"
}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "wild",
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}
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],
"glosses": [
"You can say wild to mean you like something."
],
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]
}
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "wild"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "wild",
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]
},
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"form": "wilds",
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were lost in the wild for a week."
},
{
"text": "Many animals live in the wilds of Africa."
}
],
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"The wild (or wilds) is nature or places far from where people live."
],
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},
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},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
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}
],
"word": "wild"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "wild",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "wilder",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "wildest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wolves and bears are wild animals."
},
{
"text": "We found some wild berries and ate them."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If an animal or plant is wild it is not tame. This means it lives in nature and people have not changed it."
],
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{
"word": "natural"
},
{
"word": "untame"
},
{
"word": "uncultivated"
}
]
},
{
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"Colloquial"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She is so wild, all she does is drink and party!"
},
{
"text": "That was a wild party."
},
{
"text": "They were playing wild music all night."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If a person (or thing) is wild they (or it) are not easy to predict, or they do not act civilized."
],
"raw_tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That is a wild shirt you have on!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is wild it is very good or very interesting."
],
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"slang"
],
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{
"word": "cool"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"If a card is wild it can be used as any other card in a game."
],
"raw_tags": [
"playing cards"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "wīld"
},
{
"ipa": "/waɪld/"
},
{
"sampa": "/waIld/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
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}
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],
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},
{
"ipa": "/waɪld/"
},
{
"sampa": "/waIld/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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}
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"form": "wild",
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]
},
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"form": "wilds",
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were lost in the wild for a week."
},
{
"text": "Many animals live in the wilds of Africa."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The wild (or wilds) is nature or places far from where people live."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "wīld"
},
{
"ipa": "/waɪld/"
},
{
"sampa": "/waIld/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wild.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "wild"
}
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