wild

adjective
/ˈwaɪ̯ld/

Untamed; not domesticated.

Other meanings

Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).

Example sentences

“I've never seen a koala in the wild before.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“What is your favorite wild animal?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“It's wild the way the game is set up.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "wilde".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wild” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.