wilderness /wilˈdər-nəs/

1. A region uncultivated and uninhabited
2. A pathless, unfrequented or unexplored region
3. Such a region deliberately preserved from the inroads of tourism
4. A desolate waste of any kind, eg an extent of open sea (poetic)
5. A part of a garden or estate allowed to run wild, or cultivated in imitation of natural woodland
6. An overgrown tangle of weeds, etc
7. Conditions of life, or a place, in which the spirit feels desolate
8. The situation of being without public office or influence, or of being forgotten by the public, after playing a leading role
9. The present world
10. A large confused or confusing assemblage
11. Wildness (obsolete)

crying in the wilderness see under cry

• holdovers
• hold pace with
• hold play
• holds
• hold someone in hand
• hold sway
• hold sway over
• hold the belt
• hold the field
• hold the floor
• hold the fort
• hold the line
• hold the ring
• hold the road
• hold to
• hold to account
• hold together
• hold to ransom
• hold up
• hold-up
• hold up one's head
• hold-ups
• hold water
• hold with
• hold with the hare and run with the hounds