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1 wild
1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) selvagem2) ((of land) not cultivated.) inculto3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) selvagem4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) violento5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) louco6) (rash: a wild hope.) absurdo7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) irreflectido8) (very angry.) zangado•- wildly- wildness
- wildfire: spread like wildfire
- wildfowl
- wild-goose chase
- wildlife
- in the wild
- the wilds
- the Wild West* * *[waild] n terra agreste, deserto, ermo (também wilds). • adj 1 selvagem, agreste, silvestre, bravio. 2 não-cultivado ou lavrado, inculto, não-domesticado. 3 ermo, solitário. 4 desabitado, despovoado. 5 incivilizado, bárbaro. 6 arredio, assustadiço (pássaro). 7 indômito, irrestrito, desenfreado. 8 desarrumado, desarranjado. 9 turbulento, traquinas, travesso, alegre. 10 imoderado, extravagante, licencioso. 11 enfurecido, furioso, violento, frenético. 12 louco, desvairado. they were wild about books / eles eram loucos por livros, gostavam demais de livros. 13 precipitado, impensado, irrefletido. 14 fantástico, extraordinário. 15 coll ansioso. they were wild to see me / eles estavam loucos, ansiosos para me ver. 16 coll longe do alvo. 17 tempestuoso. 18 perturbado (olhos). • adv 1 a esmo, à toa. they shot wild / atiraram a esmo. 2 sem pensar. they talked wild / eles falaram bobagens, falaram sem pensar. 3 descontroladamente. a wild storm temporal furioso, tremendo. don’t drive me wild! não me desespere! in wild spirits com disposição para brincar. she was wild with delight ela estava fora de si de alegria. to run wild a) asselvajar. b) perder(-se) por falta de cultura. c) crescer sem instrução e educação. wild animals animais selvagens (ou silvestres). -
2 wild
1) ((of animals) not tamed: wolves and other wild animals.) selvagem2) ((of land) not cultivated.) agreste3) (uncivilized or lawless; savage: wild tribes.) selvagem4) (very stormy; violent: a wild night at sea; a wild rage.) violento5) (mad, crazy, insane etc: wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.) louco6) (rash: a wild hope.) absurdo7) (not accurate or reliable: a wild guess.) ao acaso8) (very angry.) furioso•- wildly- wildness - wildfire: spread like wildfire - wildfowl - wild-goose chase - wildlife - in the wild - the wilds - the Wild West
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like mad — or[like crazy] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. * /We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time./ See: LIKE HELL(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
like mad — or[like crazy] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal} With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. * /We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time./ See: LIKE HELL(1) … Dictionary of American idioms
Like mad — Mad Mad, a. [Compar. {Madder}; superl. {Maddest}.] [AS. gem?d, gem[=a]d, mad; akin to OS. gem?d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei?a to hurt, Goth. gam[ a]ids weak, broken. ?.] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [1913 Webster] I have heard… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
like\ mad — • like mad • like crazy adv slang informal With great enthusiasm and vigor; very fast. We had to drive like mad (like crazy) to get there on time. See: like hell(1) … Словарь американских идиом
like mad — informal 1) I ran like mad Syn: fast, quickly, rapidly, speedily, hastily, hurriedly 2) he had to fight like mad Syn: energetically, enthusiastically, madly, furiously, with a will … Thesaurus of popular words
like mad — adverb with great speed or effort or intensity (Freq. 1) drove like crazy worked like hell to get the job done ran like sin for the storm cellar work like thunder fought like the devil • Syn: ↑like hell … Useful english dictionary
like crazy/like mad — a lot, very much, to beat the band She laughed like crazy whenever Earl told a joke … English idioms
like mad — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, all to pieces, carelessly, demonically, desperately, fanatically, fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly … Moby Thesaurus
like mad — Go to like crazy … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mad — W3S2 [mæd] adj comparative madder superlative maddest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(angry)¦ 2¦(crazy)¦ 3¦(uncontrolled)¦ 4 be mad about/for/on somebody/something 5¦(mentally ill)¦ 6 like mad 7 don t go mad … Dictionary of contemporary English
mad — [ mæd ] adjective ** 1. ) never before noun INFORMAL angry: He makes me mad, the way he keeps criticizing me. mad at/with: My boss is mad at me for missing the meeting. 2. ) MAINLY BRITISH very silly or stupid: CRAZY: be mad to do something: You… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
