wild ass — noun any of several equine mammals of Asia and northeast Africa • Hypernyms: ↑ass • Hyponyms: ↑African wild ass, ↑Equus asinus, ↑kiang, ↑Equus kiang, ↑onager, ↑Equus hemionus … Useful english dictionary
wild — wildly, adv. wildness, n. /wuyld/, adj., wilder, wildest, adv., n. adj. 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers,… … Universalium
wild — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Dionysiac, Gothic, Neanderthal, Sahara, abandoned, absurd, accident prone, addled, adventurous, agitated, agrarian, amok, anarchic, angry, animal, at fever pitch, atrocious, audacious,… … Moby Thesaurus
Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary — also known as the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the Gujarat state of India. Spread over 4954 km², it is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India. [ cite web publisher = India Wildlife Resorts… … Wikipedia
Wild ass — can refer to: *The African Wild Ass *The Kiang or Onager (Asiatic wild ass) *The Yukon Wild Ass … Wikipedia
ASS — (Heb. חֲמוֹר, ḥamor), in the Talmud the feminine form ḥamorah occurs, or aton whose colt is called ayir. The ass belongs to the genus Equus to which belong the horse and the wild ass. Various strains exist in Ereẓ Israel. The most common is small … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ass — Ass, n. [OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. ?; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. [ae]sel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ass — ass1 [as] n. [ME asse < OE assa, assen: prob. < OIr assan or Welsh asyn, both < L asinus] 1. any of a number of horselike perissodactylous mammals (family Equidae) having long ears and a short mane, esp. the common wild ass (Equus… … English World dictionary
wild ass — wild donkey, donkey that lives in the wild … English contemporary dictionary
ass — ass1 asslike, adj. /as/, n. 1. a long eared, slow, patient, sure footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden. 2. any wild species of the genus Equus, as the onager. 3. a stupid, foolish, or… … Universalium
Ass — Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, 1) The she ass (Heb. athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). 2) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass… … Easton's Bible Dictionary