virgin

Pluralvirgins

1. 1
   nouncountable

   Someone who has never had sex. Also, an animal that has not mated yet.

   She told her best friend that she was still a virgin.

   In the survey, about a third of the college students said they were virgins.

   UsagePeople say still a virgin. The phrase lose your virginity means to have sex for the first time.

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2. 2
   never had sexadjective

   Never having had sex with anyone.

   In the old story, the dragon asks for a virgin princess every year.

   The movie follows a shy virgin teenager on his first date.

   UsageYou can say still virgin as well as still a virgin.

   Similarchaste

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   Someone, usually a woman, who promised God never to have sex or died protecting their virginity, often honored as a saint.

   The town's church is named after a virgin who died rather than marry a pagan prince.

   Each spring the village holds a feast for a virgin and martyr of the early Church.

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4. 4
   olive oiladjective

   Used about olive oil that is taken from olives by machines in a way that does not change the oil.

   Mom cooks almost everything in virgin olive oil.

   This bottle of extra virgin olive oil came from a small farm in Spain.

   UsageUsually in extra virgin olive oil.

   Oppositerefined

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5. 5
   adjective

   Still in its first natural state, not yet used, changed, or disturbed by people.

   The first farmers plowed the virgin prairie with oxen.

   Only a few patches of virgin forest are left in the valley.

   UsageOften in virgin forest and virgin land.

   Similarpristine, untouched, unspoiled, primeval

   Oppositecultivated, developed

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6. 6
   first-timernouncolloquialcountable

   Someone who has never tried or done a certain thing before.

   Before last week, I was a sushi virgin.

   The ride is fun for roller coaster virgins and experts alike.

   UsageSay a sushi virgin or a camping virgin.

   Similarnovice, beginner, newcomer, first-timer

   Oppositeveteran, expert

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