Idioms for wild

Origin of wild

before 900; Middle English, Old English wilde; cognate with Dutch, German wild, Old Norse villr, Swedish vild, Gothic wiltheis

OTHER WORDS FROM wild

British Dictionary definitions for run wild (1 of 2)

Wild
/ (waɪld) /

noun

Jonathan. ?1682–1725, British criminal, who organized a network of thieves, highwaymen, etc, while also working as an informer: said to have sent over a hundred men to the gallows before being hanged himself

British Dictionary definitions for run wild (2 of 2)

wild
/ (waɪld) /

adjective

adverb

in a wild manner
run wild
  1. to grow without cultivation or care
  2. to behave without restraint

noun

(often plural) a desolate, uncultivated, or uninhabited region
the wild
  1. a free natural state of living
  2. the wilderness

Derived forms of wild

wildish, adjective wildly, adverb wildness, noun

Word Origin for wild

Old English wilde; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wildi, Old Norse villr, Gothic wiltheis

Idioms and Phrases with run wild (1 of 2)

run wild

see run amok.

Idioms and Phrases with run wild (2 of 2)

wild