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English Dictionary: savage	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for savage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
savage adj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" Synonym(s): barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" Synonym(s): feral, ferine, savage without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" Synonym(s): barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" Synonym(s): ferocious, fierce, furious, savage n a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage, barbarian] a cruelly rapacious person Synonym(s): beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat v attack brutally and fiercely criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" Synonym(s): savage, blast, pillory, crucify
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), v. t. To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Savage \Sav"age\ (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See {Silvan}, and cf. {Sylvatic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. 2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. --Dryden. 3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity? --E. D. Griffin. 4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. Syn: Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See {Ferocious}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Savage \Sav"age\, n. 1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. 2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Savage, MD Zip code(s): 20763 Savage, MN (city, FIPS 58738) Location: 44.75538 N, 93.35724 W Population (1990): 9906 (3395 housing units) Area: 41.2 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55378 Savage, MS Zip code(s): 38665 Savage, MT Zip code(s): 59262