wilding

UK: /ˈwaɪldɪŋ/ US: /ˈwaɪldɪŋ/ ,(wīl′ding)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

wild•ing /ˈwaɪldɪŋ/   n. 

[countable]
1. Botany a plant that grows wild, as a plant originally cultivated that now grows wild.
2. [a wild animal.

adj. 

3. not cultivated;
   growing wild.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

wild•ing  (wīl′ding), n. 

1. Botany a wild apple tree.
2. Botany its fruit.
3. Botany any plant that grows wild.
4. Botany a plant, originally cultivated, that now grows wild;
   an escape.
5. a wild animal.

adj. 

6. not cultivated or domesticated;
   wild.

• wild + -ing³ 1515–25

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wilding / ˈwaɪldɪŋ/ noun

1. an uncultivated plant, esp the crab apple, or a cultivated plant that has become wild
2. a wild animal

Also: wildling

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Wilding / ˈwaɪldɪŋ/ noun

1. (Frederick) Anthony. 1883–1915, New Zealand tennis player; Wimbledon singles champion (1910–1913) and doubles champion (1907–08, 1910, 1913)