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wild | -s |

As an adjective wild

is untamed; not domesticated.

As an adverb wild

is inaccurately; not on target.

As a noun wild

is the undomesticated state of a wild animal.

As a verb wild

is to commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

As a proper noun Wild

is {{surname|from=Middle English}} for a wild person, or for someone living in uncultivated land.

As a suffix -s is

Used to form regular plurals of nouns.

wild
English

Adjective
(er)
Untamed; not domesticated.

* Shakespeare

Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that way.

* Milton

The woods and desert caves, / With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
, title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

(senseid) Unrestrained or uninhibited.

Raucous, unruly, or licentious.

Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=August 7, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC Sport
, title= Man City 2-3 Man Utd , passage=City, in contrast, were lethargic in every area of the pitch and their main contribution in the first half-hour was to keep referee Phil Dowd busy, with Micah Richards among four of their players booked early on, in his case for a wild lunge on Young.}}

Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.

Enthusiastic.

Inaccurate.

Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.

a wild roadstead

(nautical) Hard to steer; said of a vessel.

(mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.

Antonyms
* (mathematics) tame
Derived terms
* in the wild * walk on the wild side * wild allspice * wild and woolly * wild animal * wild balsam apple * wild basil * wild blueberry * wild boar * wild bugloss * wild camomile * wild card * wildcard * wildcarrot * wild cat * wildcat * wildcat strike * wildcatter * wild celery * wild cherry * wild child * wildcrafting * wild cumin * wild drake * wildebeest * wild elder * wilden * wilder * wilderness * wildest * wild-eyed * wildfire * wildflower * wildfowl * wild geranium * wild ginger * wild goose * wild goose chase * wild-goose chase * wild hyacinth * wilding * wild Irishman * wildish * wild land * wild licorice * wildlife * wildly * wild mammee * wild marjoram * wild mustard * wildness * wild oat * wild pieplant * wild pigeon * wild pink * wild pitch * wild plantain * wild plum * wild purslane * wild rice * wild rye * wild Spaniard * wild strawberry * wildstyle * wild turkey * wild vanilla * Wild West * wildwood
Adverb
(en adverb)
Inaccurately; not on target.

The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.

Noun
(en noun)
The undomesticated state of a wild animal

After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild

(chiefly, in the plural) a wilderness

* 1730–1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

Thus every good his native wilds impart

Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;

And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise

Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies.

Verb
(en verb)
To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.

* 1989 , David E. Pitt, Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours , New York Times (April 22, 1989), page 1:

*:: ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".

*:: "It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...

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-s
English

Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), nominative-accusative plural ending of masculine a-stem (i.e. strong) declension nouns, from (etyl) .
Suffix

one computer'' ? ''five computers

shorts''''', ''sunglass'''es

Usage notes
* (regular plurals) In semi-formal or formal contexts, where the plurality of a noun depends on some unknown aspect of the sentence, the s may be parenthesised: "The winner(s) will be invited to a prize ceremony."
See also
(other plural-forming suffixes) * -en * -es * -i * -a * -z (nonstandard)
Derived terms
* see
Etymology 2
From (etyl) -(e)s (third person singular ending of verbs) from Northern (etyl) (Northumbian dialect) -es, -as (third person singular ending). Replaced historical Old English third person singular ending -(e)þ, -aþ (-eth ). Possibly due to Scandinavian influence or related to -es, -as , second-person singular ending of verbs. More at -est
Suffix

Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.

to eat'' ? ''he eats

See also
(other verb endings) * -ed * -en * -ing * -t
Derived terms
see
Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at -'s
Suffix

(not productive)

backwards'''''; ''toward'''s

always'''''; ''sometime'''s

Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 4
By dropping the apostrophe in .
Suffix
(en-suffix)

Usage notes
* In most cases where (m) is found as a possessive case marker, it is a simple misspelling of . * However, personal pronouns' possessive forms use -s'' (e.g. ''theirs'', not ''their's ). * Furthermore, in British English, bare -s'' is used in some business names that derive from possessive family names, e.g. (Barclays) and (Harrods) (originally Barclay's, Harrod’s), but compare . In speech, /s/ is sometimes added to business names which have neither ''-s'' nor ''-'s in writing, resulting in (s-form)s, which see.
Etymology 5
Shortened form of .
Suffix
(en-suffix)
(Diminutive suffix)

Babs'''''; ''mom'''s'''''; ''pop'''s'''''; ''home'''s'''''; ''Toot'''s

Derived terms
(en) ----