the wilds
Definition of the wilds
: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely : wilderness They hiked through the wilds of Maine.
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wildplay wilds
: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
: growing or produced without human aid or care
: related to or resembling a corresponding cultivated or domesticated organism
: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract : wilderness
: a wild, free, or natural state or existence
: in a wild manner: such as
: without regulation or control
: off an intended or expected course
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