wildwild1 /waɪld/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective 
wild animals a field full of wild flowerswild horse/dog/pig etc animals both wild and domesticatedwild mushroom/garlic/rose etc2land not used by people for farming, building etc: Nepal is stunning, with its wild, untamed landscape. the wild and lonely Scottish hills3emotions feeling or expressing strong uncontrolled emotions, especially anger, happiness, or excitement: wild laughterwild with He was wild with rage.4behaviour behaving in an uncontrolled, sometimes violent way: She was completely wild in high school. Donny could be wild and crazy. There was a wild look about her (=she seemed a little crazy).5go wild a)to behave in a very excited uncontrolled way: The crowd went wild as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage. b)to get very angry: When Tony heard how much it was going to cost, he just went wild.6enjoyable informal very enjoyable and exciting: ‘How was the party?’ ‘It was wild!’7be wild about something/somebody informal to like something or someone very much: My son’s wild about football. I’m not that wild about rap music, to be honest.8without careful thought done or said without much thought or care, or without knowing all the facts: wild accusations I’m just making a wild guess here, so correct me if I’m wrong.9beyond somebody’s wildest dreams beyond anything that someone imagined or hoped for: an invention that was to change our lives beyond our wildest dreams10not/never in your wildest dreams used to say that you did not expect or imagine that something would happen, especially after it has happened: Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to win first place.11weather/sea violent and strong: a wild and angry sea12card games a card that is wild can be used to represent any other card in a game13wild horses would/could not ... used to say that someone is determined not to go somewhere, do something etc: Wild horses would not have dragged him into a vegetarian restaurant.—wildness noun [uncountable] → wild card, → sow your wild oats at sow1(3)
WORD ORIGINwild1
Origin:
Old English wildeEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "It turns out she went to college with my sister." "That's wild."
- wild horses
- Wild strawberries are much smaller than the kind you get in shops.
- wild winds
- a wild Hawaiian shirt
- a wild party
- a wild pitch
- a wild rose
- Banana trees were growing wild on the edge of the forest.
- In my opinion, wild animals should not be kept in zoos.
- Jed was really wild in high school.
- The island has an abundance of wildlife - animals, birds and fish.
- There were lots of wild flowers growing by the roadside.
- Where do you get these wild ideas?
- He kept laughing, cackling, making wild, insane remarks.
- He was small and hard and wild and in some ways more like an animal than a boy.
- Its flame would sink, then spring up suddenly, casting wild shadows over the wall and the floor.
- She used to pick wild ones in the fields near her home when they came into season.
- That was Renato, still entertaining the class with wild guesses.
THESAURUS
existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: · a natural lake· natural light· the Earth's natural resources· We only use natural ingredients in our products.· his natural hair colour
used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: · We found some wild strawberries.· wild horses· wild open spaces
used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: · pure orange juice· pure new wool
used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: · organic carrots· organic milk· organic beauty products
(also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: · It was a pleasant unspoilt village.· The countryside is remarkably unspoiled.
[not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: · There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans.
[only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: · Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction.· He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario.
existing in nature and not caused, made, or controlled by people: · a natural lake· natural light· the Earth's natural resources· We only use natural ingredients in our products.· his natural hair colour
used about flowers, plants, and animals that are not controlled by people. Also used about areas of land where there are no humans: · We found some wild strawberries.· wild horses· wild open spaces
used about food, drink, or materials that have not had anything added to them: · pure orange juice· pure new wool
used about fruit, vegetables, meat etc produced without using chemicals: · organic carrots· organic milk· organic beauty products
(also unspoilt British English) a place that is unspoiled is still beautiful because no one has built roads or buildings on it: · It was a pleasant unspoilt village.· The countryside is remarkably unspoiled.
[not before noun] a place that is untouched has not been affected by human activity: · There are few forested areas of the world that remain untouched by humans.
[only before noun] virgin forest or land is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed in any way by humans: · Large areas of virgin rainforest will be protected from destruction.· He bought 14,000 acres of virgin land in Ontario.
Longman Language Activatora guess that is based on very little information the answer you give when you are trying to guess a number or amount but are not able to be exact: · I'd say Mrs Roberts was about 35, but that's only a rough guess.make/take/have a rough guess: · It's terribly difficult to calculate, but I could make a rough guess and say the cost will be about half a million.at a rough guess: · "How long will the journey take?" "At a rough guess, about six hours."
a strange feeling that you know the answer to something, even though you have very little information to help you to guess: · It's just a hunch, but it's possible the murderer may have been a woman.hunch that: · My hunch that he was lying turned out to be correct.have a hunch: · I have a hunch that Jodie may be planning a surprise party.hunch about: · "How did you know the answer?" "I just had a hunch about it."
a guess, especially an answer, that seems stupid or is very likely to be wrong: · This is a wild guess, but is the answer Michael Jackson?
a guess that you make when you have no information at all, so that it is almost certainly wrong: · Let's see if she's at Fiona's house. It's a shot in the dark, but we've got to start looking somewhere.
plants/animals/places/substances not made, caused, or changed by humans: · It was fascinating to see the elephants in their natural environment.· The river had worn away the rock to form a natural bridge.· A pipeline carries natural gas from under the sea to the refinery inland.natural resources (=useful or valuable substances such as oil, coal etc that exist naturally in a particular country): · Zaire is a country with substantial natural resources.
wild flowers, plants, and animals are in their natural state and have not been changed or controlled by humans: · There were lots of wild flowers growing by the roadside.· Wild strawberries are much smaller than the kind you get in shops.· In my opinion, wild animals should not be kept in zoos.wildlife (=wild animals, plants etc): · The island has an abundance of wildlife - animals, birds and fish.grow wild: · Banana trees were growing wild on the edge of the forest.
if animals live in the wild , they live in their natural state, not in a place such as a farm: · There are only about 5000 white rhino left living in the wild.
raw sugar, silk, tobacco etc is in its natural state before or without being changed by a chemical process: · Ghana still imports both raw and processed tobacco.· The Princess was wearing a dark green dress made of raw silk.raw materials (=basic natural materials that are needed to produce things): · Japan depends on the outside world for virtually all of its raw materials, including oil.
virgin forest, land etc is still in its natural state and has not been spoiled or changed by human beings: · Here we find immense virgin forests, similar to those of the Amazon and Indonesia.· In front of them were 500 miles of virgin plains almost uninhabited by white people.
an animal or place that is untamed has not been trained, controlled, or changed in any way by people, so that it is still completely wild: · Untamed horses roamed free in the wilds of the American plains.· These were the first railways, the first means of crossing wide open spaces that are still vast and untamed, even today.
also unspoilt British a place that is unspoiled is still in its beautiful natural state because no-one has built roads, buildings etc on it - use this especially about a place that has not been developed for tourists: · With its largely unspoiled natural beauty, Vietnam is rapidly becoming a destination for more and more foreign visitors.· The path leads eventually to a vast expanse of unspoilt woodland.· If you go further into the countryside, you will come across a number of unspoilt medieval walled villages.
WORD SETSace, nounbaccarat, nounbid, nounblackjack, nounbridge, nouncanasta, nouncard, nouncard table, nouncontract bridge, nouncourt card, nouncrib, nouncribbage, nouncut, verbdeal, noundeal, verbdealer, noundeck, noundiscard, verbdiscard, noundummy, nounface card, nounflush, nounfull house, noungin rummy, noungrand slam, nounhand, nounjack, nounjoker, nounking, nounkitty, nounknave, nounlead, verboverbid, verbpack, nounpatience, nounpicture card, nounplaying card, nounpoker, nounpontoon, nounqueen, nounraise, verbrubber, nounrummy, nounrun, nounshuffle, verbshuffle, nounsnap, nounsnap, interjectionsolitaire, nounspade, nounstrip poker, nounsuit, nountrick, nountrump, nountrump, verbtwenty-one, nounwhist, nounwild, adjectivewild card, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY wild animals a field full of wild flowers Donny could be wild and crazy. There was a wild look about her (=she seemed a little crazy). I’m just making a wild guess here, so correct me if I’m wrong.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They drank and smoked with reckless abandon. cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals The crowd was going wild with excitement. The plants grow wild (=grow without anyone looking after them) by the river. In my wildest imaginings, I could not have foreseen what a wonderful life lay before me.
wild animals a field full of wild flowers Donny could be wild and crazy. There was a wild look about her (=she seemed a little crazy). I’m just making a wild guess here, so correct me if I’m wrong. They drank and smoked with reckless abandon. (=with no evidence to support it)· She’s made all sorts of wild accusations about him, hasn’t she?
cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals· Our organization aims to protect wild birds.
(=a type of cat that does not live with people)· The African wild cat is bigger than ordinary domestic cats.
(=not used or farmed by people)· I love the wild country of the Scottish Highlands.
· Damage to the environment affects all wild creatures.
· Packs of wild dogs roamed the countryside.
(=used to say that you had never expected something to happen)· Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win the competition.
(=better or more than you ever hoped for)· Suddenly he was wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.
(=make someone feel very sexually excited)· He drives women wild.
(=an extreme exaggeration that is not at all realistic)· He claims to be 120 years old, but that's is clearly a wild exaggeration.
(=very extreme behaviour)· The Press Complaints Commission criticized the wilder excesses of tabloid journalism.
(=very angry, afraid etc)· He stared at them with wild eyes.
· The meadows were covered with wild flowers.
The crowd was going wild with excitement. The plants grow wild (=grow without anyone looking after them) by the river. (=one made without much thought or information)· I made a wild guess and I got the answer right first time.
(also let your imagination run riot British English) (=allow yourself to imagine many strange or wonderful things)· He uses painting as a way of letting his imagination run riot.
In my wildest imaginings, I could not have foreseen what a wonderful life lay before me.· Many wild plants are in danger of dying out.
(=one that is completely untrue)· It has been a week of wild rumour and exaggeration.
(=rumours that are not likely to be true)· This led to wild rumours of American involvement in the attack.
(=unlikely to be true)· Such fears are wild speculation.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Amy Fisher, dubbed the Long Island Lolita, was described as a wild animal by the judge.· He was never bothered by wild animals, either.· Sometimes I killed a wild animal, and then I had meat to eat.· Orstedt complains wild animals get caught in the fencing while trying to reach the water.· Edinburgh ensures me that no wild animals are caught to replace dead animals.· A week later the lion was trapped by a net some hunters had left as a wild animal trap.· The sanctions could take the form of a ban on virtually all trade in wild animal products with the two countries.· Also patron of veterinarians and wild animals.
· A wild beast does not at once become tame, or a new breed arise in an instant.· Later the slave was recaptured and sentenced to die in the arena facing a wild beast.· Such rules serve to distinguish further basic social categories: friends from enemies, domestic animals from wild beasts, and so on.· I am really a wild beast, you know.· The Kurd entered the first of them cautiously, sniffing for wild beasts, then beckoned them in.· Innocent llamas and other wild beast roam the screen, helpless, bleating and afraid.· He has proved not a tamer of wild beasts, but a tamer of wild lives.
· The profits made by the sale of goods are ploughed back into wild bird conservation.· The meat of these wild birds is dark and rich compared to that of domestic ducks.· They can even be frightened by wild birds flying overhead, which they mistakenly think are predators.· The second group represented wild birds transplanted from not far away.· We were screened from the wild birds as we hurried along behind high earth banks planted with willow.· Culmination, the longed-for moment when a wild bird would cat from his hand or perch on his shoulder, never occurred.· The future of our wild birds and environment is under threat.· Beautiful wild birds unfold their silver wings.
· The wild boar had been hiding behind a large and actually rather unconvincing bush for a hundred years or so.· The origin of the ancestral wild boar is thought to be the Crimea.· If swine, then big wild boar, hunting quietly in the woods for something, mooching about and turning things up.· Succubi, devils, witches, magicians, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and wild boars.· Deer, wild boar, so we can claim to be connoisseurs.· It can also be used with domestic pork to make it taste more like wild boar.· It got off to a hairy start with several heated discussions about what a wild boar is.· He walks along a narrow path to a ridge where wild boar, hyenas and the golden mole rat occasionally roam.
· The wild card is the idea of contamination from deep space.· Only a wild card like Miss Shelly Thomas of Riverdale was likely to have sympathy!· The wild card is Baroness Mallalieu.· The Salomon compensation game, like the job placement game for trainees, has a political wild card in it.· The Wimbledon champion has accepted a wild card entry for the grass court event in Halle.· But in another way, it injects a wild card into the government's careful script for a controlled political transition.
· They start to refine their miaows in a way that wild cats never seem to do.· A wild cat passes near, somebody spots a yak, there is talk of a new plague of wolves.· Of the three types of general body fur on the wild cat, the down hairs are the most numerous.· Just then two big wild cats came down to the shore from the mountains.· Instead, she began to light like a wild cat.· There is wildlife here in abundance; deer, wild cats, red squirrels, golden eagles, ospreys and reindeer.· The people were afraid of these wild cats, and the women cried out.· The second wild cat ran back up into the mountains.
· All wild creatures behave in the same way when presented with a cache of food and plenty of competition for it.· Where great, wild creatures ranged, the vermin prosper.· Oh, wild creature, it's you I've dared to demand in the garden of paradise.· They need help, my dear, as our wild creatures have needed help, and that is why I must go.· And be quick, watchful, clever, like a wild creature that must elude the hunters.· The results are frequently fatal to the wild creatures.· Allen had crept under a bush and even asleep was as difficult to see as a wild creature.· They would tear to pieces the wild creatures they met and devour the bloody shreds of flesh.
· In his wildest dreams, it had never occurred to Fabio that he might help any of these children.· And here you both are, sweeter than my wildest dreams.· Never in my wildest dreams had I ever thought I would even go to Hollywood, let alone work with people like him.· To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.· It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.· Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!· This Tank Girl-style posse is only seven months old, but already it has grown beyond the founders' wildest dreams.· It is not a wild dream, which I think he fears sometimes.
· They are the wild flowers of our experience that are cultivated to bloom all our lives.· They voted for a restoration of a betrayed heritage of wild flowers and healthy trees.· The latter have produced wild flowers and butterflies which are of great interest to visitors and school children.· We're hoping, there's just a chance, she left her car to pick wild flowers.· The waves of colour of the wild flowers mixed with the waves of sound.· What Charles also wanted now he had a garden of his own was wild flowers.· There was a scent of wild flowers and grass cooling after a hot day.· In my garden it has made a swift transition from weed to wild flower to flower.
· As a competitor for wild game, the mink is not resented for fulfilling its natural role.· The history of wine dates back thousands of years and wild game has been on our tables since mankind searched for food.· She has hunted wild game, mainly roe deer and moose, and has had little impact on livestock.· On Genesis, Sonic is back in Sonic 3D Blast, a wild game whose title says it all.· The annual award is to promote and encourage imaginative projects and management of wild game conservation and its habitat.· Populations of wild game ran for cover, and were subsequently replaced by domesticated livestock.· The use of salt as a preservative for wild game is basic, particularly prior to the days of refrigeration.· In order to protect the diminishing herds, laws were established to control the hunting and sale of wild game.
· Each wild garlic blossom is carried on a half-round stem holding an umbel of 30 flowers.· The sight and smell is as dizzying as the mathematics, as wild garlic time spins through the woods here.· The hedgerows had begun to burgeon with violets, primroses, wild garlic and early pink campion.
· Save yourself a wild goose chase round the shops.· With older wild goose, braising is the preferred method of cooking.· There have been many wild geese chased, that is not how we like to go on.· Has a wild goose grown desperate and confused by the disappearance of all grain and berries?· Often there was a soul-stirring glimpse of wild geese arrowing northward across an ice-blue sky on their spring migratory flight.· They deliberately sent me on a wild goose chase.· I thought, Don't know about a wild goose chase, this is a lame duck chase.· Instead of that, he had become involved in what was most likely a wild goose chase.
· It had thrown her when Luke Calder had made that seemingly wild guess about her, but now she could understand it.· Shall we take a wild guess?· The glitter in his hooded eyes made it impossible for her to hazard even the wildest guess at what he was thinking.· That was Renato, still entertaining the class with wild guesses.· Still, it was discouraging that no one had ventured even a wild guess.
· Roberts has found the prints of wolves, wild boar, goats, wild horse and sheep.· Morthen kicked the wild horse and galloped up to the earth wall.· He told me he had a wild horse for me to ride at the roundup.· This Przewalski's stallion has the typical dun coat of a truly wild horse.· The second type of horsemen are wild horse archers recruited from the nomadic tribes of the Kislev steppes.· The defendant then allowed a wild horse on his land, which attacked the plaintiff.
· Tom was like a wild man, kicking bags and throwing clubs.· But only a purely wild man went out on a limb of four or five minutes.· The desire to capture had driven him like a wild man through the school yard, up the sidewalk, everywhere.· The job was a cage where the wild man in me fretted and chafed.· He's a bit of a wild man.· What was it you said about coming specially to meet the wild man of the wilderness?· Slowly, he moved nearer to me, but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground.· Yes, there's the old woman and the wild man hacking at a haunch of venison.
· She adds eggs, cream, or a little crème fraiche, and wild mushrooms cooked with shallots.· I conjured up visions of wild mushroom risotto, tiramisu, Cherry, Garcia ice cream, and currant scones.· They had pasta to start, delicious home-made shells served with a piquant wild mushroom sauce.· Garnish with tropical fruits and sauteed wild mushrooms, if desired.· Garnish with reserved pancetta, chopped basil, and wild mushrooms, if used.,.
· It is one of the wilder places on earth and contains rainforest, and boa constrictors.· In his final year, Babbitt got a lot more aggressive about preserving the nation's wild places.· The silence of the wild places should be disturbed only by the sounds of nature.· I saw wolves in a wild place.· Cheering was the thought of other trips to other wild places still awaiting to be rediscovered!· She knew the world was a wild place.· The court of Aenarion was a wild place, full of desperate gaiety and feverish mirth.· Despite its ease of access this remains a wild place, and one of many moods.
· Many wild plants and animals are in danger of dying out.· Farmers grow only a few crops, while gatherers pick from a vast range of wild plants.· It has been set up to show the value of wild plants, particularly how they can be used in creative conservation.· Worries about the collection and trading of wild plants were overemphasised, he said.· Its importance will grow as the reserve takes shape and provides even more of the right habitats for wildlife and wild plants.· Many wild plants of the wetlands were also harvested.· Many of these wild plants we never saw in Ayrshire.
· I can eat no more of the wild rice which tastes nutty and clings to the roof of my mouth.· He serves the venison with a wild rice compote that contains sun-dried pears, a hard-to-find ingredient.· Below: wild rice and grits are staple elements in Cajun cooking.· We buy our wild rice in broken pieces, which cuts the expense in half.· Oh, that's the wild rice!· Broken pieces of wild rice are much less expensive.· If you are making your own blend, use half wild rice and half brown.· For dinner, Aunt Mary made pot roast, steamed asparagus, wild rice, and, for dessert, apple pie.
· A wild rose has no employees.· When the wild roses finished blooming, we collected the orange-red hips, carefully picked the skin off the compressed seeds.· In this particular case I used wild roses, plus their buds and leaves.· In a week the displaced honeysuckle vines, the wild roses, the grapevines, the grass, would be back.· Instead, Frith sent them strange singers, beautiful and sick like oak-apples, like robins' pin-cushions on the wild rose.· There were lots of wild roses and foxgloves growing in the lane and you could smell the hawthorn.· Weeds are rampant everywhere, dandelions, nettles, dock leaves, rose-bay willow-herb, wild roses, brambles.· They can be simple and like wild roses, suitable for woodland gardens; or formal for town gardens.
· And tougher regulations and market enforcement should slow wild speculation and heavy swings in trading.
· However, as described above, this plasmid was found to exhibit wild type R-M.· To further substantiate these results, we pre-incubated the nuclear extract with a 500 molar excess of wild type or mutated oligonucleotides.· We never observed any labelled protein when wild type oligonucleotides were used for competition.· Some tubes should have wild-type males and pearl eye females while others should have wild type females and pearl eye males.· In each series of probe preparations, a wild type control was prepared in an identical manner at the same time.· This action of the mutant protein is by contrast with the recently established tumour suppressor activity of the wild type protein.· Replacement by Ala has a deleterious effect invitro but essentially acts as the wild type invivo.
· In shoot out you are in a wild west street with various characters appearing from behind sheds and windows.· Providing the military or the wild west sea don't thwart your plans, I doubt very much these climbs will disappoint.· Suddenly lurching for a wild west alternative, the Tories now oblige Labour to talk honestly about tax.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► wild horses would/could not ...► be wild about something/somebody
- The business has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
- But for vast numbers of children in the developing world, such gifts are beyond their wildest dreams.
- It is riches beyond my wildest dreams and well worth fighting the Second World War for.
- It was a world beyond my wildest dreams; one I had only seen on celluloid in the cinema at Fontanellato.
- Our mission reaps rewards far beyond our wildest dreams!
- Route 66 Magazine, a three-year-old quarterly, is growing beyond the wildest dreams of its publisher, Paul Taylor.
- Six years ago, Dexter and Birdie Yager had succeeded in their business beyond their wildest dreams.
- The cartel succeeded beyond its wildest dreams: by last month the price was brushing $ 30.
- To the contrary, we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
- But never in my wildest dreams did I expect such a transformation as this.
- The stock market went wild today.
- When Jordan's picture flashed on the screen, the crowd went wild.
- Apparently Maggie is going wild trying to find out who is responsible for seasonal changes.
- But the flashing lights pass straight through, on to some real emergency, and the crowd goes wild.
- No, they wouldn't: they'd go wild.
- Soon-Yi told friends that Mia went wild after finding nude photos of her in film-maker Allen's Manhattan apartment.
- Southampton went wild when the Friendship came into view.
- The borough of Brooklyn went wild, turning into one long block party.
- Use the traditional pink and white marshmallows or go wild with lots of assorted shapes and colours.
- Well, by that time it was going on the screen, and then the markets went wild.
WORD FAMILYnounwildwildnessadverbwildlywildadjectivewild
1plants/animals [usually before noun] living in a natural state, not changed or controlled by people OPP tame: wild animals a field full of wild flowerswild horse/dog/pig etc animals both wild and domesticatedwild mushroom/garlic/rose etc2land not used by people for farming, building etc: Nepal is stunning, with its wild, untamed landscape. the wild and lonely Scottish hills3emotions feeling or expressing strong uncontrolled emotions, especially anger, happiness, or excitement: wild laughterwild with He was wild with rage.4behaviour behaving in an uncontrolled, sometimes violent way: She was completely wild in high school. Donny could be wild and crazy. There was a wild look about her (=she seemed a little crazy).5go wild a)to behave in a very excited uncontrolled way: The crowd went wild as soon as the singer stepped onto the stage. b)to get very angry: When Tony heard how much it was going to cost, he just went wild.6enjoyable informal very enjoyable and exciting: ‘How was the party?’ ‘It was wild!’7be wild about something/somebody informal to like something or someone very much: My son’s wild about football. I’m not that wild about rap music, to be honest.8without careful thought done or said without much thought or care, or without knowing all the facts: wild accusations I’m just making a wild guess here, so correct me if I’m wrong.9beyond somebody’s wildest dreams beyond anything that someone imagined or hoped for: an invention that was to change our lives beyond our wildest dreams10not/never in your wildest dreams used to say that you did not expect or imagine that something would happen, especially after it has happened: Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to win first place.11weather/sea violent and strong: a wild and angry sea12card games a card that is wild can be used to represent any other card in a game13wild horses would/could not ... used to say that someone is determined not to go somewhere, do something etc: Wild horses would not have dragged him into a vegetarian restaurant.—wildness noun [uncountable] → wild card, → sow your wild oats at sow1(3)