wilding

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English wilding, wylding, wyldyng (“grass, straw, or the stems of wild plants”), equivalent to wild +‎ -ing. ==== Noun ==== wilding (plural wildings) A wild apple or apple tree. Any plant that grows wild; a wildflower, etc. ==== Noun ==== wilding (countable and uncountable, plural wildings) (US, criminology, sociology) A form of youth violence characterized by a group of young people committing violent acts randomly and without specific targets. Coordinate term: whirling === Etymology 2 === From wild + -ing. ==== Verb ==== wilding present participle and gerund of wild ==== Adjective ==== wilding (not comparable) (poetic) Not cultivated or tame; wild. a. 1844, William Cullen Bryant, The Gladness of Nature: The wilding bee hums merrily by.