maiden at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:

['meıdən]

maiden at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:

O.E. m?iden, m?igden, dim. of m?ig?u, m?ige?u "maid," from P.Gmc. *magadinom "young womanhood, sexually inexperienced female" (cf. O.S. magath, O.Fris. maged, O.H.G. magad, Ger. Magd "maid, maidservant," Ger. M?dchen "girl, maid," from M?gdchen "little maid"), fem. variant of PIE base *maghu- "youngster of either sex, unmarried person" (cf. O.E. magu "child, son," Avestan magava- "unmarried," O.Ir. maug "slave"). Figurative sense of "new fresh, first" (cf. maiden voyage) first recorded 1555. For maidenhead (c.1300) see godhead. ///

maiden at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:

n [C] [Language: Old English; Origin: m[zB024]gden]//
1 literary a young girl, or a woman who is not married: damsel//
2 also maiden over : in cricket, an over in which no runs are scored//
maiden 2 adj
1 maiden flight/voyage: the first journey that a plane or ship makes//
2 maiden speech: BrE the first speech that someone makes in parliament//

MAIDEN at English => English (devils) Of Explained:

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deep sorrowai1 hao2cry piteously
wailai1 ci2lamentai1 ming2a plaintive whine
wailai1 hong2 bian4 ye3a land swarming with disaster victimspin3conduct
grade
thing
product
goodpin3 wei4tastepin3 chang2(v) taste a small amout; samplepin3 de2moral characterpin3 zhong3breed
varietypin3 tuo1pintpin3 xing2(n) behavior; moral conductpin3 zhi4qualityshen3smilehong1resound with laughterhong3deceive
coaxhong1 qiang3lootingduo1quiver
woolen clothduo1 suo5(v) tremble, shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the bodywa1sound of child's cryingha1laughter
yawnha3a Pekinese
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maiden at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:

154 Moby Thesaurus words for "maiden":
ax, babe, baby, bachelor girl, bachelorlike, beardless, block,
boyish, boylike, broad, calflike, callow, chaste, chick, chief,
childish, childlike, colleen, coltish, cross, cutie, dame,
damoiselle, damsel, death chair, death chamber, demoiselle, dewy,
doll, drop, earliest, electric chair, ever-new, evergreen,
feme sole, filly, first, firsthand, fledgling, foremost, frail,
fresh, front, gal, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, gibbet,
girl, girlie, girlish, girllike, green, guillotine, halter, head,
heifer, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, hoyden, husbandless,
immature, inaugural, initial, intact, jeune fille, jill,
junior miss, kiddish, lass, lassie, leading, lethal chamber,
little missy, lone woman, mademoiselle, maid, maiden lady,
maidenly, main, miss, missy, neoteric, nestling, new, noose,
nymphet, old maid, old-maidish, original, piece, pioneer, premier,
primary, prime, principal, pristine, puerile, puplike, puppyish,
puppylike, quail, raw, romp, rope, scaffold, schoolgirl,
schoolmaid, schoolmiss, sempervirent, shakedown, single,
single girl, skirt, slip, sole, spinster, spinsterish,
spinsterlike, spinsterly, spinstress, spouseless, stake, subdeb,
subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper, the chair, tomato,
tomboy, tree, unbeaten, undefiled, undeveloped, unfledged,
unhandled, unmarried, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unwed,
unwedded, vernal, vestal, vestal virgin, virgin, virginal, wench,
young, young creature, young thing

maiden at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:

[N] (Beginning): beginning, start, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, introduction, precursor, alpha, initial, inauguration, debut, embarcation, rising of the curtain, maiden speech, outbreak, onset incipient, inaugural, embryonic, rudimentary, primeval, primitive, primordial, old, aboriginal, natal, nascent, first, foremost, leading, maiden, just begun.

[N] (Young offspring): infant, babe, baby, nurseling, suckling, yearling, bambino, kid, vagitus , child, little one, brat, urchin, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, girl, lass, lassie, damsel, maid, maiden.

[N] (Celibacy): celibacy, singleness, bachelorhood, chastity, virginity, maidenhood, maidenhead, bachelor, spinster, maid, maiden, virgin.

maiden at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:

noun, adjective
noun
1 (literary) a young girl or woman who is not married:
stories of knights and fair maidens
2 (also maiden over) (in cricket) an OVER in which no points are scored
adjective [only before noun] being the first of its kind:
a maiden flight / voyage (= the first journey made by a plane / ship) * a maiden speech (= the first speech made by an MP in the British Parliament)

Maiden at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:

Maiden \Maid"en\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to,
or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.
``Amid the maiden throng.'' --Addison.

Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak.

2. Never having been married; not having had sexual
intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but
sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. ``A surprising
old maiden lady.'' --Thackeray.

3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
``Maiden flowers.'' --Shak.

Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword.
--Shak.

4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been
captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay.

{Maiden assize} (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no
criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with
blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to
present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart.

{Maiden name}, the surname of a woman before her marriage.

{Maiden pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}.

{Maiden plum} (Bot.), a West Indian tree ({Comocladia
integrifolia}) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree
is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain.

{Maiden speech}, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a
new member in a public body.

{Maiden tower}, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy.

Maiden \Maid"en\, n. [OE. maiden, meiden, AS. m[ae]gden, dim. of
AS. m[ae]g?, fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd,
m["a]dchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. m["o]gr son, Goth. magus
boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to Zend. magu youth. Cf.
{Maid} a virgin.]
1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not
experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.

She employed the residue of her life to repairing of
highways, building of bridges, and endowing of
maidens. --Carew.

A maiden of our century, yet most meek. --Tennyson.

2. A female servant. [Obs.]

3. An instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in
Scotland for beheading criminals. --Wharton.

4. A machine for washing linen.

Maiden \Maid"en\, v. t.
To act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite
object.

For had I maiden'd it, as many use. Loath for to grant,
but loather to refuse. --Bp. Hall.

maiden at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:

maiden
adj : serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue";
"the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an
initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or
maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden
voyage" [syn: {inaugural}, {initiative}, {initiatory},
{first}]

maiden
n 1: an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) [syn: {maid}]
2: (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored [syn: {maiden
over}]

maiden at English (WD) Of Explained:

Inter: also » Maiden

English

Etymology

From Inter: etyl » enm, from Inter: etyl » ang Inter: term » mægden|mæġden|maiden, virgin, girl, maid, servant|lang=ang, diminutive of Inter: term » mægþ|mæġþ|lang=ang, Inter: term » mægeþ|mæġeþ|maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife|lang=ang via diminutive suffix Inter: term » -en|lang=ang, from Inter: etyl » gem-pro|en Inter: recons » magaþiz||maid, virgin|lang=gem-pro, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » maghu-||fellow, bachelor|lang=ine-pro, equivalent to Inter: suffix » maid|en|lang=-. Cognate with Inter: etyl » nl|- Inter: term » maagd||virgin|lang=nl, Inter: etyl » goh|- Inter: term » magad||maiden|lang=goh (modern German Inter: term » Magd||virgin|lang=de), Inter: etyl » sga|- Inter: term » mug||slave|lang=sga and Albanian Inter: term » makth||a hare's young, a rabbit|lang=sq.

Pronunciation

* Inter: IPA » /ˈmeɪdən/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /"meId@n/

Inter: audio » en-us-maiden.ogg|Audio (US)

Inter: rhymes » eɪdən

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n

Inter: context » now|_|chiefly|_|literary A girl or an unmarried young woman.

1. A female virgin.
2. : Shes unmarried and still a maiden''.
3. Inter: context » now|_|dialectal A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
4. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:
5. : And for all women Sir Bors was a vergyne, sauff for one, that was the doughter of Kynge Braundegorys ..., and sauff for her, Sir Bors was a clene mayden.
6. A maidservant.
7. Inter: context » now|_|rare An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
8. A racehorse without any victory ('virgin record').
9. Inter: historica » l A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
10. Inter: cricke » t A maiden over.
11. Inter: context » Wicca Inter: alternative form of » Maiden

    Derived terms

    * maidenhair

maidenhead

maidenhood

maidenly, maidenliness

maiden flight

maiden voyage

maiden name

maiden of honor

iron maiden

Related terms

* maid

Synonyms

* (unmarried (young) female) bachelorette

Translations

Inter: trans-top » unmarried young female

Armenian: Inter: t+ » hy|օրիորդ|tr=òriord

Breton: Inter: t+ » br|merc'h|f, Inter: t+ » br|plac'h|f

Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|госпожица|f|tr=gos'pozhitsa

Dutch: juffrouw {{f}}, maagd Inter: m » f (poetic), meisje {{m}}, jongedame, vrijster

Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|neiti, Inter: t+ » fi|neito

French: Inter: t+ » fr|jeune fille|f, Inter: t- » fr|jeune femme|f, Inter: t+ » fr|demoiselle|f, Inter: t+ » fr|pucelle|f Inter: qualifier » informal or dated

German: Inter: t+ » de|Jungfrau|f Inter: gloss » virgin, Inter: t+ » de|Mädchen|n, Inter: t+ » de|Maid|f

Inter: qualifier » dated or poetic

• Hebrew: Inter: t- » he|עלמה|f (almah)
• Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|leány
• Irish: Inter: t- » ga|maighdean|f Inter: t- » ga|ainnir|f
• Italian: Inter: t+ » it|pulzella|f, Inter: t+ » it|ragazza|f
• Navajo: Inter: tø » nv|chʼikę́ę́h
• Old English: Inter: t- » ang|mægþ|f|alt=mǣġþ, Inter: t- » ang|mægden|n|alt=mǣġden, Inter: t- » ang|mægdenċild|n|alt=mǣġdenċild

Inter: trans-mi » d

Old Provençal: Inter: tø » pro|donzella

Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|panna|f

Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|девушка|f|tr=dévuška|sc=Cyrl, Inter: t+ » ru|девица|f|tr=devíca|sc=Cyrl, Inter: t+ » ru|дева|f|tr=déva|sc=Cyrl

Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann {{f}}, ainnir {{f}}, rìbhinn {{f}} Inter: qualifier » poetic, nighean {{f}}, òigh {{f}}, gruagach {{f}}

Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|doncella|f Inter: qualifier » dated, Inter: t+ » es|señorita|f

Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|jungfru|c

Taos: kwə́lena

Welsh: Inter: t+ » cy|merch|f, Inter: t- » cy|rhiain|f, Inter: t+ » cy|morwyn|f, Inter: t+ » cy|geneth|f

Yiddish: Inter: t- » yi|מויד|f|tr=moyd|sc=Hebr, Inter: t- » yi|מײדל|n|tr=meydl|sc=Hebr

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » female virgin

• Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|կույս|tr=kuys
• Czech: Inter: t+ » cs|panna|f
• Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|maagd|m|f
• Finnish: neitsyt, impi (archaic, poetic)
• French: Inter: t+ » fr|vierge|f, Inter: t+ » fr|pucelle|f Inter: qualifier » informal
• German: Inter: t+ » de|Jungfrau|f
• Hebrew: Inter: t+ » he|בתולה|f|tr=betulah|sc=Hebr
• Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|szűz

Inter: trans-mi » d

Irish: Inter: t- » ga|maighdean|f

Navajo: Inter: tø » nv|chʼikę́ę́h

Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|dziewica|f

Inter: ttbc » Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|donzela|f

Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|девственница|f|tr=dévstvennica|sc=Cyrl

Scottish Gaelic: maighdeann {{f}}, òigh {{f}}, Inter: t- » gd|ainnir|f

Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|jungfru|c, Inter: t+ » sv|oskuld|c

Yiddish: Inter: t- » yi|בתולה|f|tr=bsule|sc=Hebr

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » (cricket) a maiden over
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p

• Inter: ttbc » sh: djeva {{f}}
• Inter: ttbc » sh: djeva {{f}}
• Inter: ttbc » ia: senioretta
• Inter: ttbc » it: signorina {{f}}, vergine {{f}}
• Inter: ttbc » pt: senhorita {{f}}, donzela {{f}}

Inter: trans-mi » d

Inter: ttbc » sh:

: Cyrillic: дева {{f}}, дјева {{f}}

: Roman: deva {{f}}, djeva {{f}}, mladica {{f}}, moma {{f}}, mladojka {{f}}

Inter: ttbc » ro: domnișoară {{f}}

Inter: ttbc » sk: deva {{f}}

Inter: ttbc » es: doncella {{f}}

Inter: ttbc » cy: llancesig {{f}}, morwyn {{f}}, merch {{f}}, morwynig {{f}}, rhiain {{f}}

Inter: trans-botto » m

Adjective

Inter: en-adj » -

virgin

1. (about a female, human or animal) without offspring
2. like/ fitting a (young, unmarried) maiden
3. Inter: figurativel » y describing a first occurrence or event
4. : The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage.
5. Inter: quote-news »

|year=2012
|date=May 13
|author=Andrew Benson
|title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win
|work=BBC Sport
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18051941
|page=
|passage=Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took his maiden victory and Williams's first since 2004 in a strategic battle with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

1. Inter: cricke » t describing an over in which no runs are scored

   Synonyms

   * maidenly

   Translations

   Inter: trans-see » virgin

Inter: trans-top » without offspring

• Dutch: Inter: t- » nl|kinderloos

Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » like/ fitting a (young, unmarried) maiden
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » describing a first occurrence or event

• Finnish: neitsyt-
• French: Inter: t+ » fr|inaugural
• Portuguese: primeiro {{m}}, primeira {{f}}, inaugural Inter: m » f

Inter: trans-mi » d

Romanian: inaugural {{m}}, inaugurală {{f}}

Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|jungfru-

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » (cricket) describing an over in which no runs are scored
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p

• Inter: ttbc » ia: prime, inaugural

Inter: trans-botto » m

Anagrams

* aidmen, Damien, demain, Manide, median, Median, medina, Medina, meidan
Category: Category:English adjectives ending in -en -
Category: Category:en:Female -

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Finnish

Alternative forms

* maitten

Noun

maiden

Inter: fi-form of » maa|type=noun|case=genitive|pl=plural

Anagrams

* median, Medina

Category: ang:maiden -
Translation: de » maiden
Translation: et » maiden
Translation: es » maiden
Translation: eo » maiden
Translation: fr » maiden
Translation: ko » maiden
Translation: io » maiden
Translation: it » maiden
Translation: kn » maiden
Translation: ku » maiden
Translation: li » maiden
Translation: hu » maiden
Translation: mg » maiden
Translation: ml » maiden
Translation: my » maiden
Translation: ja » maiden
Translation: oc » maiden
Translation: pl » maiden
Category: simple:maiden -
Translation: fi » maiden
Translation: sv » maiden
Translation: ta » maiden
Translation: te » maiden
Translation: vi » maiden
Translation: zh » maiden

mäiden at English (WD) Of Explained:

Inter: also » Mäiden

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

Inter: head » stq|adverb

tomorrow

Translation: fy » mäiden

Maiden at English (WD) Of Explained:

Inter: also » maiden

English

Noun

Inter: en-nou » n

Inter: context » Wicca One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Mother representing a girl or a young woman

1. 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90
2. : ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
3. 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiots Guide to Spells and Spellcraft'', page 9
4. : The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.

   Antonyms

   * Master

   Anagrams

   * aidmen, Damien, demain, Manide, median, Median, medina, Medina, meidan

Category: Category:en:Wicca -

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German

Noun

Maiden {{f}}

Inter: plural of » Maid|lang=de

Category: ang:Maiden -
Translation: de » Maiden
Translation: ru » Maiden

Mäiden at English (WD) Of Explained:

Inter: also » mäiden

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Inter: head » stq|noun

morning

Translation: fy » Mäiden

Related words:

maid  maid child  maid children  Maid Marian  Maid of honor  maid of honour  Maid of Orleans  Maid's hair  maid-child  maid-children  maid-servant  maid-servants  Maid; junges Mädchen (ironisch)  maida  Maidan  maidchild  maidchildren  maidd [meiddion, m.]  MAIDE  maide gainimh  maide mór  maidel  Maiden assize  maiden aunt  maiden blue-eyed Mary  maiden duck  maiden flight  maiden flights  Maiden grass  maiden name  maiden names  maiden of honor  maiden over  maiden overs  Maiden pink  Maiden plum  maiden speech  Maiden tower  Maiden tree  maiden voyage  maiden voyages  Maiden's Tower  maidenform  Maidenhair  maidenhair berry  maidenhair fern  maidenhair spleenwort  maidenhair tree  maidenhairs  maidenhead  maidenheads  maidenhood  maidenhoods  Maidenlike  Maidenliness  maidenly  maidenry  maidens  Maidenship  maidenships