Look up: Wilderness

1. wilderness
   [n] - a wild and uninhabited area
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2. Wilderness
   Wil'der·ness noun [ Middle English wildernesse , wilderne ,probably from Anglo-Saxon wildor a wild beast; confer Dutch wildernis wilderness. See Wilder , transitive verb ] 1. A tract...
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3. wilderness
   wild noun a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; `it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers`
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4. wilderness
   noun a bewildering profusion; `the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups`; `a wilderness of masts in the harbor`
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5. wilderness
   noun (politics) a state of disfavor; `he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness`
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6. Wilderness
   • (v. t.) 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. • (v. t.) A disorderly or neglected place. • (v. t.) Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
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7. wilderness
   Land that, together with its plant and animal communities, is in a state that has not been substantially modified by and is remote from the influences of European settlement or is capable of being restored to such a state; is of sufficient size to make its maintenance in such a state feasible; and i...
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8. wilderness
   wild, unsettled area
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9. wilderness
   wilderness, land retaining its primeval character with the imprint of humans minimal or unnoticeable. In the United States, the Wilderness Act of 1964 established the National Wilderness Preservation System with a nucleus of 9 million acres (3.6 million hectares) of land in 54 different areas, mostl...
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10. wilderness
    Area of uninhabited land that has never been disturbed by humans, usually located some distance from towns and cities. According to estimates by US group Conservation International, 52% (90 million sq km/35 million sq mi) of the Earth's total land area was still undisturbed in 1994
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11. Wilderness
    `Wilderness` or `wildland` is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity. It may also be defined as: "The most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left on our planet—those last truly wild places that humans do not control and have not dev...
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12. Wilderness
    (album) <blockquote>This article is about the Sophie B. Hawkins album, for the Brett Anderson album of the same name, see Wilderness (Brett Anderson album).</blockquote> `Wilderness` is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 2004 (see...
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13. Wilderness
    (band) `Wilderness` is a Baltimore-based indie rock band currently signed to Jagjaguwar. Led by the theatrical, chant-like vocal style and lyrical presence of James Johnson, they are known to create a complex brand of post-punk that heavily recalls art-emo pioneers Lungfish and more closely P...
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14. Wilderness
    (Wilderness album) `Wilderness` is the debut album from the band Wilderness. It was recorded, mixed and mastered in May and June 2004 by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple at Silver Sonya in Arlington, Virginia. Track listing: #"Marginal Over" #"Arkless" #"It`s All the...
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15. Wilderness
    (Parker novel) ) At 46, Aaron Newman was enjoying the good things in life - a good marriage, a good job - and he was in good shape himself. Then he saw the murder. A petty vicious killing that was to plunge him into an insane jungle of raw violence and fear, threatening and defiling the thing...
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16. Wilderness
    (The Features album) | Name = Wilderness | Type = studio | Single 1 = Rambo | Single 1 date = 31 May 2011 --> --> `Wilderness` is the third studio album by American rock band The Features, which was released on July 26, 2011 on label Bug Music/Serpents and Snakes. Track listing: # Co...
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