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virgin
[ vur-jin ]
noun
- a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
- an unmarried girl or woman.
Synonyms: ,
- Ecclesiastical. an unmarried, religious woman, especially a saint.
- the Virgin, Mary, the mother of Christ.
- Informal. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like:
He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.
- a female animal that has never copulated.
- an unfertilized insect.
- Virgin, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Virgo.
adjective
- being a virgin:
a virgin martyr.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a virgin:
virgin modesty.
virgin snow.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
the senator's virgin speech.
- without admixture, alloy, or modification:
virgin gold.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin wool.
virgin timberlands;
virgin wool.
Synonyms: , ,
- without experience of; not previously exposed to:
a mind virgin to such sorrows.
- Informal. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient:
a virgin piña colada.
- Zoology. not fertilized.
- (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.
- noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.
virgin
1/ ˈɜːɪ /
noun
- a person, esp a woman, who has never had sexual intercourse
- an unmarried woman who has taken a religious vow of chastity in order to dedicate herself totally to God
- any female animal that has never mated
- a female insect that produces offspring by parthenogenesis
- a person who is new to or inexperienced in a specified field
a political virgin
adjective
- of, relating to, resembling, suitable for, or characteristic of a virgin or virgins; chaste
- pure and natural, uncorrupted, unsullied, or untouched
virgin purity
- not yet cultivated, explored, exploited, etc, by man
virgin territories
- being the first or happening for the first time
- (of vegetable oils) obtained directly by the first pressing of fruits, leaves, or seeds of plants without applying heat
- (of a metal) made from an ore rather than from scrap
- occurring naturally in a pure and uncombined form
virgin silver
- physics (of a neutron) not having experienced a collision
Virgin
2/ ˈɜːɪ /
noun
- the VirginSee Virgin Mary
- a statue or other artistic representation of the Virgin Mary
Virgin
3/ ˈɜːɪ /
noun
- the Virginthe constellation Virgo, the sixth sign of the zodiac
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·g adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of virgin1
Word History and Origins
Origin of virgin1
Example Sentences
Be sure to keep an eye out for tinned fish packed in olive oil, extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil.
If the furnaces were starved of fuel and went out, the UK would no longer have the capability to produce so-called virgin steel, due to the process of restarting them being extremely difficult and costly.
Jingye had put the UK's ability to produced virgin steel at risk, Reynolds told the programme - adding "it might not be sabotage, it might be neglect".
"It's the only site in the UK where virgin steel is made, and that's why it's a matter of national importance, strategic importance," said Ms Stevens.
“Where I’m from, people go crazy for all the saints and the virgins,” she adds.
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