wilding

Meanings

1. A wild apple or apple tree.
2. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc.

1. A form of youth violence characterized by a group of young people committing violent acts randomly and without specific targets.

1. present participle and gerund of wild

1. Not cultivated or tame; wild.

1. A surname.

1. Any of a series of British stamps that have an image of Queen Elizabeth II based on a portrait by Dorothy Wilding.

Etymology

From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild + -ing.