Virgin - English meaning

adjective

Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.

Usage examples:

The patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol

adjective

Completely avoiding something such as alcohol or sex

Usage examples:

Sexually abstinent, he has now been abstinent from alcohol for four years.

adjective

Abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

What is required of celibate catholic clergy is to remain chaste

adjective

Without having any sexual activity or involvement outside of marriage

Usage examples:

The main character lives a chaste, modest life.

adjective

Without any imperfections or defects; perfect.

Usage examples:

Her smooth flawless skin

adjective

Containing no faults or mistakes; perfect

Usage examples:

The countdown was flawless, and the space missile went off exactly on schedule.

adjective

Perfectly clean, neat, or tidy.

Usage examples:

An immaculate white suit

preposition

Expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

I'm living in london

adverb

Expressing movement with the result that someone or something becomes enclosed or surrounded by something else.

Usage examples:

Come in

adjective

Present at one's home or office.

Usage examples:

We knocked at the door but there was no one in

adjective

(especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition.

Usage examples:

There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.

noun

A pub, typically one in the country, in some cases providing accommodation.

Usage examples:

The swan inn

noun

A hotel, esp. a small hotel, often with a restaurant

adjective

Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete.

Usage examples:

The church was almost in ruins but its tower remained intact

noun

A female domestic servant.

Usage examples:

Mary eventually managed to find a job as a maid

noun

A woman who is employed to clean hotel rooms and make them neat, or a woman who is a servant in a person’s home

Usage examples:

We left a note in our room for the maid to give us extra towels.

noun

A woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home

Usage examples:

In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service., in california many illegal…

noun

An unmarried girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

Two knights fought to win the hand of a fair maiden

adjective

(of an older woman) unmarried.

Usage examples:

A maiden aunt

noun

A girl or young woman

Usage examples:

In the story, the prince woos the fair maiden., a maiden voyage/flight

adjective

Relating to or appropriate to a maiden; demure.

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Maidenly modesty

adjective

Relating to, typical of, or suitable for a maiden (= a girl, or a young woman who is not married), especially when she is expected to have traditional morals

Usage examples:

Mary was consistently modest and maidenly., we no longer value maidenly honour or virtue in the way…

adjective

In its original condition; unspoilt.

Usage examples:

Pristine copies of an early magazine

adjective

Original and pure; not spoiled or worn from use

Usage examples:

The car seemed to be in pristine condition.

adjective

New or almost new, and in very good condition

Usage examples:

Pristine new offices, washing machine for sale - only two months old and in pristine condition.

adjective

Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

Usage examples:

Cars can run on pure alcohol

adjective

Not mixed with anything else

Usage examples:

The scarf is pure silk., it was a moment of pure joy., the mountain air was fresh and pure (= not p…

phrase

Completely virtuous or innocent; having no moral flaws.

Usage examples:

I am not exactly pure as the driven snow

idiom

To be morally completely good

Usage examples:

How dare he criticize me for having an affair? he's not exactly as pure as the driven snow himself.

adjective

A self-denying person gives up what they want so that other people can have it, or because they feel it is morally right for them to give it up

Usage examples:

Far from being a self-denying hermit, reece enjoyed the finest clothes he could afford., she was br…

adjective

Absolutely clean or pure; immaculate.

Usage examples:

A spotless white apron

adjective

Unmarked by or resistant to stains or discoloration.

Usage examples:

Stainless surfaces can never mellow with use

adjective

With no marks on it, or made of a substance that is not damaged by air or water and that does not change colour

Usage examples:

Stainless work surfaces, he was a man of stainless character.

adjective

(especially of food or drink) having no inferior added substances; pure.

Usage examples:

Unadulterated whole-milk yogurt

adjective

Not spoiled or made weaker by the addition of other things

Usage examples:

She sings pure, unadulterated gospel.

adjective

Feeling or showing no effects or changes.

Usage examples:

The walks are suitable only for people who are unaffected by vertigo

adjective

Not influenced or changed in any way

Usage examples:

Internet access will be unaffected by the upgrade., her writing is very unaffected and easy to read.

adjective

Not damaged or marked in any way.

Usage examples:

Her body was perfectly formed and unblemished

adjective

Not changed; unaltered.

Usage examples:

An unchanged side for tonight's home game

adjective

Not corrupted.

Usage examples:

Lucinda is uncorrupted by nefarious influences

adjective

Not defiled; pure.

Usage examples:

When the subways were cleaned up, people felt better; they could get to work rumpled but undefiled.

adjective

Not spoiled or made less beautiful or pure

Usage examples:

The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled., how refreshing it is to see the…

adjective

Not marked or bearing identifying markings.

Usage examples:

An unmarked police car

adjective

Having no signs or symbols on the outside

Usage examples:

An unmarked police car

adjective

Not married; single.

Usage examples:

An unmarried mother

adjective

Having no husband or wife

Usage examples:

Their youngest son is still unmarried.

adjective

Not contaminated with noxious or poisonous substances.

Usage examples:

Oman has 1,100 miles of splendid beaches and unpolluted seas

adjective

Not spoiled, in particular (of a place) not marred by development.

Usage examples:

One of the best stretches of unspoiled coastline in the uk

adjective

An unspoiled place is beautiful because it has not been changed or damaged by people

Usage examples:

An island with clean, unspoiled beaches, there are miles of unspoilt coastline and moors to explore…

adjective

Not spoiled or made impure.

Usage examples:

An unsullied reputation

adjective

Not contaminated, polluted, or tainted.

Usage examples:

The island remains virtually untainted by commercialism

adjective

(of metal or metalware) not having lost its lustre.

Usage examples:

Not only has she maintained it, but she has kept it bright and shining, untarnished by time.

adjective

If someone has an untarnished reputation, etc., it has not been spoiled or damaged, and people's opinion of the person continues to be good

Usage examples:

From the very beginning, she has been an aloof, mysterious figure, untarnished by scandal., the urn…

adjective

Not handled, used, or tasted.

Usage examples:

Annabel pushed aside her untouched plate

adjective

Not changed or spoiled in any way

Usage examples:

These prewar apartment buildings have been virtually untouched since they were built., she left her…

adjective

Not married.

Usage examples:

An unwed teenage mother

adjective

(used especially in newspapers) not married

Usage examples:

An unwed mother

adjective

Relating to the roman goddess vesta.

Usage examples:

A vestal temple

noun

A vestal virgin.

Usage examples:

Whether pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly…

adjective

Being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.

Usage examples:

Virginal shyness

noun

An early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, and popular in 16th and 17th century houses.

Usage examples:

Some flemish ‘mother and child’ virginals were made effectively double-manual by having a small 4 v…

adjective

Never having had sex

Usage examples:

He falls deeply in love with the virginal isabella., their belief is that a young virginal bride ca…

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.