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UK
/mˈeɪdən/
]
[ US /ˈmeɪdən/ ]
[ US /ˈmeɪdən/ ]
NOUN
- an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
- (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored
ADJECTIVE
-
serving to set in motion
the initiative phase in the negotiations
his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
an initiatory step toward a treaty
the magazine's inaugural issue
the liner's maiden voyage
How To Use maiden In A Sentence
- Virgo has been depicted as a winged maiden holding a palm branch in her left hand and an ear of corn in her right.
- These feeling make you avoid generalizations and Russia is no more 'feudalistic' and USA is no more 'Paradise for handmaidens'. On Bushevicks, Bolsheviks and Scum: For The Record
- Worsted in this war of love Shiva punished the mischievous god of love Madana for aiding that maiden by causing springtime to appear on the scene before its wonted time.
- She rose in rank from fair maiden to fair lady and then to duchess.
- Ford's maiden small-car, Figo, helped the Michigan-based auto maker improve sales multifold in India, and nearly two-thirds of Figo's sales are from its diesel variant. GM India Launches Chevrolet Beat Diesel Car
- A pretty fern that is quite different again is maidenhair fern. Times, Sunday Times
- Norns '(for so in that country they called the Fates)' beckon you to a land where green fields lie under a blue sky, fields where golden-haired maidens lie among the flowers. ' The Book of Romance
- Her bonnet wasn't big enough to hide her face, and she feared he might think the joy it betrayed unmaidenly.
- However, subsequent excavations at Maiden Castle, Arikamedu and Charsadda have inevitably caused many of his fundamental assumptions to be refuted.
- The only smoke that will fill their meeting rooms will be the smoke of incense and, offstage, choirs of maidens will sing sweet and low. Times, Sunday Times
