virgin

«virgin» in Mova's school dictionary: the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived… — 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 virgin, virgins; the Virgin Mary — church); adjective (virgin)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus; Christians believe she conceived Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit while still a virgin. tree →

2) A virgin is a person who has never had sex. tree →

3) As an adjective, virgin means never used, touched or spoiled, as in "virgin snow" or "virgin rainforest". tree →

4) Extra virgin olive oil is the purest, best kind, made from the first pressing of olives. tree →

5) Virgin can also mean pure and unmixed, with nothing else added. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church and at Christmas, the word appears in carols and prayers about Mary ("the Virgin Mary", "born of a virgin"), and in the Nicene Creed. In geography and science, virgin forest has never been cut down. In cooking, labels say "extra virgin olive oil". In health lessons for older pupils, the meaning about sex is explained privately and respectfully. Phrases: "the Virgin Mary", "virgin forest", "virgin snow", "extra virgin olive oil".

examples

• (church) At Christmas we sing about Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary. tree →
• There is a statue of the Virgin Mary in our church. tree →
• We were the first to walk on the virgin snow. tree →
• Virgin rainforest has never been cut down by people. tree →
• Mum cooks with extra virgin olive oil. tree →
• (Bible) Matthew's Gospel says Mary was a virgin when Jesus was born. tree →
• The Virgin Islands are a group of islands in the Caribbean. tree →
• There was gold, pure virgin gold in that blessed kiss. tree →

note

Countable as a noun. With Mary it takes a capital letter: the Virgin Mary, the Virgin. Noun: virginity. The meaning about sex is private and grown-up; in most school texts the word means "the Virgin Mary" or "untouched".

In the corpora

• Female Komodo dragons in British zoos laid eggs that hatched with no father, a rare virgin birth called parthenogenesis.
• (22-16) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
• Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
• In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
• She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.

Trees and pragmatics

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