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1. (n.) wilderness
a wild, uncultivated, uninhabited region, as of forest or desert.
2. wilderness
a part of a garden set apart for plants to grow unchecked.
3. wilderness
a bewildering mass or collection.
4. (n.) Wilderness
a wooded area in NE Virginia: several battles fought here in 1864 between the armies of Grant and Lee.
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| Definition of 'wilderness' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wilderness
(politics) a state of disfavor
"he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness"
2. (noun) Wilderness
a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
3. (noun) wilderness, wild
a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"
4. (noun) wilderness
a bewildering profusion
"the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
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1. (noun) wilderness
a natural environment far from cities, towns, etc.
He had survived a week in the wilderness.
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| Definition of 'wilderness' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) wilderness
a tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind
2. (verb) wilderness
a disorderly or neglected place
3. (verb) wilderness
quality or state of being wild; wildness
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| Definitions of 'wilderness' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. wilderness
a district covered with brushwood in Virginia, U.S., the scene of a two days' terrible conflict between the Federals and the Confederates on the 5th and 6th May 1864.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. wilderness
Environment un-modified by human activity. Areas in which natural processes operate without human interference.
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Sense: (a) desert or wild area of a country etc.
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 Afrikaans: wildernis |
 Arabic: قَفْر، بَريَّه |
 Bulgarian: пустош |
 Brazilian: ermo / deserto |
 Czech: pustina, divočina |
 German: die Wildnis |
 Danish: ørken; ødemark |
 Greek: ερημότοπος |
 Spanish: desierto, monte |
 Estonian: kõrb, kõnnumaa |
 Farsi: جنگلى |
 Finnish: erämaa |
 French: lieux sauvages |
 Hebrew: שְּמָמָה |
 Hindi: रेगिस्तान या बंजर इलाका |
 Croatian: divljina |
 Hungarian: vadon |
 Indonesian: padang belantara |
 Icelandic: óbyggð, öræfi, eyðimörk |
 Italian: (regione selvaggia), (ter |
 Japanese: 荒野 |
 Korean: 황량한 곳 |
 Lithuanian: dykynė |
 Latvian: tuksnesīga/mežonīga vieta |
 Malay: tanah gersang atau tidak |
 Dutch: wildernis |
 Norwegian: ødemark, ørken; villmark |
 Polish: pustynia, puszcza |
 Persian: جنگلى |
 Pashto: ځنګلی |
 Portuguese: ermo |
 Romanian: regiuni/zone sălbatice |
 Russian: дикая местность |
 Slovak: pustatina, divočina |
 Slovenian: divjina |
 Serbian: divljina |
 Swedish: vildmark,ödemark |
 Thai: บริเวณรกร้างว่างเปล่า |
 Turkish: yaban, vahşî arazi |
 Taiwanese: 荒野 |
 Ukrainian: пустеля; дика місцевість |
 Urdu: بیابان |
 Vietnamese: vùng hoang vu |
 Chinese: 荒野 |
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