wilding

Pluralwildings

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A plant that grows on its own in nature, without being planted by people.

   Like a flower that grows by itself, not one someone puts in a pot.

   She found a small wilding growing between the rocks.

   The meadow was full of wildings that nobody had ever planted.

   Similarwildflower

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A wild apple, or the apple tree that grows it without being planted.

   Like an apple tree that grew on its own from a dropped seed, not one a farmer planted.

   He picked a sour wilding from the hedge and bit into it.

   The orchard had been overtaken by wildings over the years.

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3. 3
   verbslang

   Present participle and gerund of wild. Used in slang, as in "you're wilding," meaning you're acting crazy.

   Bro, you're wilding. Who puts orange juice on cereal?

   He kept wilding around the campsite until someone calmed him down.

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4. 4
   adjectiveliterary

   Growing or living in nature, not planted or kept by people.

   A wilding rose grew over the broken wall, red and free.

   The wilding deer came down to drink at the river at dawn.

   Similaruntamed, uncultivated, feral

   Oppositecultivated, tame

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