Associations to the word «Wilding»

Wiktionary

WILDING, noun. A wild apple or apple-tree.
WILDING, noun. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, wild apple, etc.
WILDING, verb. Present participle of wild
WILDING, adjective. (poetic) Not tame or cultivated; wild.
WILDING, noun. (usually in the plural) (philately) Any British stamp with the image of Queen Elizabeth II, based on a portrait by Dorothy Wilding.

Dictionary definition

WILDING, noun. A wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree).
WILDING, noun. An outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats