Wilderness

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  • noun. An unsettled, uncultivated region, especially.
  • noun. A large tract of land that has not been significantly affected by human activities.
  • noun. A barren or desolate area; a wasteland.
  • noun. Something characterized by bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tract of land inhabited only by wild beasts; a desert, whether forest or plain.
  • noun. A wild; a waste of any kind.
  • noun. A part of a garden set apart for plants to grow in with unchecked luxuriance.
  • noun. A confused or bewildering mass, heap, or collection.
  • noun. Wildness.
  • noun. Synonyms Wilderness, Desert. See desert.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A disorderly or neglected place.
  • noun. Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An unsettled and uncultivated tract of land left in its natural state.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
  • noun. (politics) a state of disfavor
  • noun. a bewildering profusion
  • noun. a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
  • Word Usage
    "Hunter, that it is to be understood of destruction in the wilderness, and the answer stands thus -- _My wrath shall wax hot against Israel and consume them -- they shall all die in the wilderness_, THEREFORE, _now go lead them to"
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    darkness  desert  expanse  forest  grove  
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