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wilds

wilds noun: wilderness. Also the plural of wild.

Noun

wilds

  1. wilderness
    • what it means for you to have hunted deer in the wooded wilds of appalachia1986, Brad Johnson, “The Buddy System”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 188
    • The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times

Also used as

wilds is also the plural of wild.

wilds is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of wild.

Phrases with wilds

Questions about wilds

What does wilds mean?
Wilds means wilderness.
What part of speech is wilds?
Wilds is a noun.

Words near wilds in the dictionary

  1. Wildnil
  2. Wildomar
  3. wildposting
  4. Wildred
  5. Wildrick
  6. wilds
  7. wilds out
  8. wildscape
  9. wildscapes
  10. Wildsmith
  11. wildsome

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