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wild/whiled/wiled

wild (wīld)

Adjective., wild·er, wild·est.

    • Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants.
    • Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country.
    • Uncivilized or barbarous; savage.
    • Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street.
    • Lacking regular order or arrangement; disarranged: wild locks of long hair.

Adverb.

    • In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild.

Noun

    • A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.
    • An uninhabited or uncultivated region. Often used in the plural: the wilds of the northern steppes.

while (wīld)

Verb. Transitive., whiled, whil·ing, whiles.

  • To spend (time) idly or pleasantly: while the hours away.

wile (wīld)

Verb. Transitive., wiled, wil·ing, wiles.

    • To influence or lead by means of wiles; entice.
    • To pass (time) agreeably: wile away a Sunday afternoon.

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