slovodefinícia
wilderness
(encz)
wilderness,divočina n: Pavel Machek; Giza
wilderness
(encz)
wilderness,přírodní území n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
Wilderness
(gcide)
Wilderness \Wil"der*ness\, n. [OE. wildernesse,
wilderne,probably from AS. wildor a wild beast; cf. D.
wildernis wilderness. See Wilder, v. t.]
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1. 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.
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The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. --Waller.
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2. A disorderly or neglected place. --Cowper.
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3. Quality or state of being wild; wildness. [Obs.]
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These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint
hands.
Will keep from wilderness with ease. --Milton.
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wilderness
(wn)
wilderness
n 1: (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic
party back from the wilderness"
2: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania
where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the
American Civil War
3: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and
mountaineers" [syn: wilderness, wild]
4: 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"
podobné slovodefinícia
wilderness
(encz)
wilderness,divočina n: Pavel Machek; Gizawilderness,přírodní území n: [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
Howling wilderness
(gcide)
Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG.
hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan.
hyle to howl.]
1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as
dogs and wolves often do.
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And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
--Drayton.
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Methought a legion of foul fiends
Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. --Shak.
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2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and
mournfully; to lament; to wail.
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Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. --Is.
xiii. 6.
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3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
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Wild howled the wind. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Howling monkey. (Zool.) See Howler, 2.

Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only
by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.
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wilderness
(wn)
wilderness
n 1: (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic
party back from the wilderness"
2: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania
where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the
American Civil War
3: a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition;
"it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and
mountaineers" [syn: wilderness, wild]
4: 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"
wilderness campaign
(wn)
Wilderness Campaign
n 1: American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in
Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies
suffered terrible losses

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