a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings (2): an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community b: an empty or pathless area or region <in remote ~es of space groups of nebulae are found --G. W. Gray d.1960> c: a part of a garden devoted to wild growth 2 obs: wild or uncultivated state 3 a: a confusing multitude or mass: an indefinitely great number or quantity <I would not have given it for a ~ of monkeys --Shak.> b: a bewildering situation <those moral ~es of civilized life --Norman Mailer> |