wilderness
21wilderness — wil|der|ness [ wıldərnəs ] noun 1. ) count an area of land where people do not live or grow crops and where there are no buildings: the Alaskan wilderness a ) a place that is not taken care of: The yard has become a weed infested wilderness. 2. ) …
22wilderness — 1. noun 1) the Siberian wilderness Syn: wilds, wastes, bush, bush country, bushland, inhospitable region; desert, backcountry, outback, great outdoors; informal boondocks, boonies 2) the urban wilderness Syn …
23wilderness — /wil deuhr nis/, n. 1. a wild and uncultivated region, as of forest or desert, uninhabited or inhabited only by wild animals; a tract of wasteland. 2. a tract of land officially designated as such and protected by the U.S. government. 3. any… …
24wilderness — Desert area of sand or rock but also sloping ground unsuitable for cereals but possible for grazing cattle or sheep (Exod. 3:1). It was a much treasured tradition of the Hebrews that their forefathers had wandered for ‘forty years’ following the… …
25wilderness — noun 1) the Siberian wilderness Syn: wilds, wastes, desert 2) a litter strewn wilderness Syn: wasteland …
26wilderness — /ˈwɪldənəs / (say wilduhnuhs) noun 1. Also, wilderness area. a large tract of land remote at its core from mechanised access or settlement, substantially unmodified by modern technological society or capable of being restored to that state, and… …
27wilderness — n. 1 a desert; an uncultivated and uninhabited region. 2 part of a garden left with an uncultivated appearance. 3 (foll. by of) a confused assemblage of things. Phrases and idioms: in the wilderness out of political office. voice in the… …
28Wilderness — n. 1 a desert; an uncultivated and uninhabited region. 2 part of a garden left with an uncultivated appearance. 3 (foll. by of) a confused assemblage of things. Phrases and idioms: in the wilderness out of political office. voice in the… …
29wilderness — noun Etymology: Middle English, from wildern wild, from Old English wilddēoren of wild beasts Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings (2) an area essentially undisturbed by human activity… …
30wilderness — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Chinese puzzle, Death Valley, Gordian knot, Lebensraum, Rube Goldberg contraption, Sahara, air space, back country, back of beyond, backcountry, backlands, backwoods, barren, barren land, barrens,… …
