Definition of wilding
1a : a plant growing uncultivated in the wild either as a native or an escape; especially : a wild apple or crab appleb : the fruit of a wilding
2 : a wild animal
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Remember Mance Rayder, leader of the Wildings who got burned alive in season five?
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Origin and Etymology of wilding
1wild + 2-ing
Examples of wilding in a Sentence
a herd of wilding mustangs
First Known Use of wilding
1697
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