width Our /wid0; wit0/ noun

1                  [U, C] the measurement from one side of sth to the

other; how wide sth is ; AH?: It’s about 10 metres in width.     10 Ac o The terrace runs the full

width of the house. % & MM^fillif       0

The carpet is available in different widths.

— picture o dimension 2 [C] a piece of material of a particular width jALH?fi|jMf4: You’ll need two widths of fabric for each curtain. lilAWAff m ft W     % fill t\i 14 0 3 [C] the distance between the

two long sides of a swimming pool ( $l$cff W^ilAl's] tf] ) ffeiAi: How many, widths can you swim? ff M It \k@ ? — compare length width-ways /‘wid0weiz; ‘wit0-/ adv. along the width and not the length It fa if; It If: Cut the cake in half widthways.    — compare

LENGTHWAYS

wield /wi:ld/ verb [VN] 1 to have and use power, authority, etc. isifj, ItC£, AS2 ( fcb# ) : She wields enormous power within the party.

A$?o 2 to hold sth, ready to use it as a weapon or tool if, j&,        IJtr# ) am BRANDISH:

He was wielding a large knife, If jf Hit—USA A „ wie-ner /'wiina(r)/ noun (NAmE) 1 = frankfurter

2                  [slang) a word for a penis, used especially by children

/mm (mm, Affimis)

wife On /waif/ noun [pi. wives /warn/) the woman that a man is married to; a married woman U f; A A; A A ; BjMA: the doctor’s wife KAfi'J AA 0 She’s his second wife.     &};$| f- J-„ 0 an

increase in the number of working wives ELjtffR^IQAA ffc fiU *1 jJ0 — see also fishwife, housewife, midwife, TROPHY WIFE IT5T71 See HUSBAND n., OLD, WORLD wife-ly /‘waifli/ adj. [old-fashioned or humorous) typical or expected of a wife      ) filJ; f£AAS

W; ZWftfctfJ: wifely duties mTmH 'wife-swapping noun [U] [informal) the practice of exchanging sexual partners between a group of mar­ried couples        fiffeltf )

Wi-Fi /'wai fai/ noun [U] [computing if) a system for sending data over computer networks using radio waves instead of wires (the abbreviation for ‘wireless fidelity’)      wireless fidelity, AfflA

wig / wig/ noun, verb

■ noun a piece of artificial hair that is worn on the head, for example to hide the fact that a person is bald, to cover sb’s own hair, or by a judge and some other lawyers in some courts of law fHA mverb (-gg-)        ,wig 'out [NAmE, informal) to become

very excited, very anxious or angry about sth; to go crazy  ( ikiUt, AA ),; AS

wig-eon (also widg-eon) /'wid3an/ noun [pi. wig-eon, widg-eon) a type of wild duck wig gle /'wigl/ verb, noun

mverb [informal) to move from side to side or up and down in short quick movements; to make sth move in this way (     m#j,  SOU wrig­

gle: [V] Her bottom wiggled as she walked past. iif MJK tfl —   0 [VN] He removed his shoes and

wiggled his toes. i«f,  &P&U

unoun a small movement from side to side or up and down ( mm ) M%j, 8A&, fetit

wig gly /'wigli/ adj. [informal) (of a line ^) having many curves in it ^?^ijffifi|j; S’kl^filJ; ©ft fill BCE] wavy

—                picture o line

wight /wait/ noun [literary or old use) 1 a ghost or other spirit H2 (especially following an adjective A A a person, considered in a particular way ■ AH] A: a poor wight

wig-warn /’wigwaem; NAmE -wa:m/ noun a type of tent, shaped like a dome or cone, used by Native Americans in the past ( 10    > «I

—                see also tepee

wilco /'wilkau; NAmE -kou/ exclamation people say Wilco! in communication by radio to show that they agree to do sth (       Mfr

wild 0-w /waild/ adj., noun »adj. (wild er, wild est)

3                  ANIMALS/PLANTS rjj ffi #J 1 living or growing in natural conditions; not kept in a house or on a farm g$&£H£

fill; I? fill; 1? & (Hi: wild animals/flowers ff A ; iltoa wild rabbit 0 wiZd strawberries     0

The plants grow wild along the banks of rivers,

4                  SCENERY/LAND MJS: ± if 2 in its natural state; not

changed by people AI        fill ; At 5^69 : wiZd

moorland

5                  OUT OF CONTROL A A IS $1 3 lacking discipline or

control titM; AftAAfiU; $C^fiU: The boy is wild and completely out of control.  fit, fti

0 He had a wild look in his eyes. If filjiii

6                  FEELINGS |§1f 4 full of very strong feeling :

wild laughter ffff A^ o The crowd went wild, fff If M. Ep0 0 It makes me wild (= very angry) to see such waste.

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7                  NOT SENSIBLE A ^ 'If I 5 not carefully planned; not sensible or accurate HT § fill;. Hr H fill: He made a wild guess at the answer. IfIf 74^ So o wild accus­ations A^fi^lsA

8                  EXCITING         6 [informal) very good, enjoyable or

exciting ## fill; m A fill; 4 A Wt ifa $J: We had a wild time in New York. mU A M Elf Iffi 'AM 7;

9                  ENTHUSIASTIC 'If 7 ~ about sb/sth [informal) very

enthusiastic about sb/sth f&M A • • •;      • She’s totally

wild about him. MXf If Mill# T^o 0 I’m not wild about the idea.        AAAi^Affio

10               WEATHER/SEA A '( ; m if 8 affected by storms and strong winds HUfilJ; iMM fill HTM stormy: a wild night BRWZfe 0 The sea was wild. X'M'ifcWMMo

► wild ness noun [U] —see also wildly fTTTCI beyond sb’s wildest 'dreams far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for  ;

AAH/h#l& not/never in sb’s wildest 'dreams used to say that sth has happened in a way that sb did not expect at all (        A IS 14 )

M'&MM ,   : Never in my wildest dreams

did I think Id meet him again.

If o run 'wild 1 to grow or develop freely without any control g i     The ivy has

run wild. # # S T 0 0 Let your imagination run wild and be creative. VdfotifrMMjj g 2 if children or animals run wild, they behave as they like because nobody is controlling them M ^ A; 'M. Il fiiif wild horses would not drag, make, etc. sb (do sth) used to say that nothing would prevent sb from doing sth or make them do sth they do not want to do fffWIf iPAt&lfiit (.    ) ; AK

A;liAT^A® A — more at sow1 mnoun 1 the wild [sing.] a natural environment that is not controlled by people gMil'It; The bird

is too tame now to survive in the wild. jIlJRAS. mr,       2 the wiids[Pi]

areas of a country far from towns or cities, where few people live ®] jgc if K; A ® % A fill M E: the wilds of Alaska      ip A -J® M ’> fi^Iif K o (humorous) They live

on a farm somewhere out in the wilds. If IH ftfEiijSif

mfin a«i.o

.wild 'boar noun = boar(1)

'wild card noun 1 (in card games $?A) a card that has no value of its own and takes the value of any card that the player chooses ( ijfH$Ag ii^felilltfil] ) IfJSr jji, ^   2 [sport #) an opportunity for sb to play in a

competition when they have not qualified in the usual way; a player who enters a competition in this way

“wir “wir   #«,

“^hA”        ) 3 [com­

puting if) a symbol that has no meaning of its own and can represent any letter or number 11 @2 If 4 a person or thing whose behaviour or effect is difficult to predict $IM?f!ijfilJA (       ) ; AMft; AM

wild-cat /'waildkaet/ adj., verb, noun m adj. [only before noun] 1 a wildcat strike happens