maiden

«maiden» in Mova's school dictionary: a girl or young woman who is not married — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a maiden, maidens); adjective (maiden)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old, literary) A maiden is a girl or young woman who is not married. tree →

2) Maiden as an adjective means first, for example a ship's maiden voyage. tree →

3) A maiden name is the family name a woman had before she married. tree →

4) (cricket) A maiden (over) is an over in which no runs are scored. tree →

sense in the lessons

In fairy tales: a fair maiden in a tower. In history and news: the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. In sport: a maiden over in cricket. On forms: «mother's maiden name».

examples

• The knight rescued the maiden from the dragon. tree →
• The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. tree →
• My mum's maiden name was Murphy. tree →
• The bowler sent down a maiden over. tree →
• The pilot made his maiden flight. tree →
• She gave her maiden speech in Parliament. tree →
• "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter. tree →

note

The «young girl» meaning is old-fashioned and found in stories. «Maiden» as «first» comes before the noun: maiden voyage, maiden flight. Not to be confused with «made».

In the corpora

• And Pharaoh's daughter said to her: 'Go.' And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
• Both young men and maidens, old men and children;
• She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:
• And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens.
• She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «maiden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.