Collocations for wild - adj.
1. animals/plants
VERBS
be,
grow,
live
The flowers grow wild in the mountains.
The dogs live wild on the streets.
The flowers grow wild in the mountains.
The dogs live wild on the streets.
2. out of control
VERBS
be,
look
He looked wild and dangerous.
He looked wild and dangerous.
go,
run
When the band appeared, the crowd went wild.
They let their children run wild.
When the band appeared, the crowd went wild.
They let their children run wild.
drive sb,
make sb
It makes me wild (= very angry) to see such waste.
It makes me wild (= very angry) to see such waste.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
Her hair was rather wild.
Her hair was rather wild.
absolutely
a little, slightly, etc.
a little, slightly, etc.
PHRASES
let your imagination run wild
I just let my imagination run wild and come up with as many ideas as I can.
I just let my imagination run wild and come up with as many ideas as I can.
Wild is used with these nouns:
accusation, allegation, animal, applause, barley, beast, berry, bird, bunch, card, cat, cattle, coast, coastline, country, countryside, creature, dancing, dash, dog, duck, elephant, exaggeration, excitement, expectation, eye, fantasy, fish, flower, fluctuation, frenzy, frontier, fruit, garlic, goat, goose, grass, guess, herb, herd, honey, hope, horse, idea, imagination, joy, land, landscape, laughter, longing, look, lunge, mammal, moor, mushroom, orgy, pig, pitch, plant, pony, rice, ride, river, rose, rumour, salmon, sex, sheep, species, speculation, stab, story, strawberry, swing, talk, trout, turkey, weather, wolf
accusation, allegation, animal, applause, barley, beast, berry, bird, bunch, card, cat, cattle, coast, coastline, country, countryside, creature, dancing, dash, dog, duck, elephant, exaggeration, excitement, expectation, eye, fantasy, fish, flower, fluctuation, frenzy, frontier, fruit, garlic, goat, goose, grass, guess, herb, herd, honey, hope, horse, idea, imagination, joy, land, landscape, laughter, longing, look, lunge, mammal, moor, mushroom, orgy, pig, pitch, plant, pony, rice, ride, river, rose, rumour, salmon, sex, sheep, species, speculation, stab, story, strawberry, swing, talk, trout, turkey, weather, wolf