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wilden

/ˈwaɪldən/

wilden verb: to make or become wild or wilder.

Verb

wilden (third-person singular simple present wildens, present participle wildening, simple past and past participle wildened)

  1. (ambitransitive) to make or become wild or wilder
    • The glorification of the business-man which is the effect of the present government's capital profits, expense account and pension fund policies is ‘wildening’ our capitalism.1965, Wayland Hilton Young, Wayland Kennet, Thirty-four Articles, page 70
    • His alembic furnished Highland spring water. We sat for a while in companionable silence. The weather wildened.2010, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna

Proper noun capitalized: Wilden

Wilden

  1. A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0955).
  2. A village in Stourport-on-Severn parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8272).

Forms of wilden

third-person singular presentwildens
present participlewildening
past participlewildened
pastwildened

Origin of wilden

From wild + -en.

Questions about wilden

What does wilden mean?
Wilden means to make or become wild or wilder.
What part of speech is wilden?
Wilden can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce wilden?
Wilden is pronounced /ˈwaɪldən/.
What is the past tense of wilden?
The past tense of wilden is wildened.

Words near wilden in the dictionary

  1. wildebeests
  2. Wildeblood
  3. wilded
  4. wilded out
  5. wildegranaat
  6. wilden
  7. wildened
  8. Wildenhain
  9. wildening
  10. Wildenrath
  11. wildens

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