| NOUN | person | maiden, maid | an unmarried girl (especially a virgin) |
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| time | maiden, maiden over | (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | maiden, inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first | serving to set in motion |
| Sounds | mey'dahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Serving to set in motion. | |
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| Synonyms | inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first | |
| Broader | opening | First or beginning |
| Spanish | inaugural, iniciador, iniciativo, primer, primero | |
| Catalan | inaugural, iniciador, primer, virginal | |
| Meaning | An unmarried girl (especially a virgin). | |
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| Synonym | maid | |
| Instances | Io | (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus |
| Narrower | damsel, demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel | A young unmarried woman |
| Broader | girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille | A young woman |
| Spanish | doncella, señorita | |
| Catalan | donzella | |
| Adjectives | maidenly | befitting or characteristic of a maiden |
| Nouns | maidenhood | the childhood of a girl / girl / girl |
| Meaning | (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored. | |
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| Synonym | maiden over | |
| Category | cricket | A game / game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players |
| Broader | over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch |
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