virgin: Meaning and Definition of

vir•gin

1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
2. an unmarried girl or woman.
3. an unmarried, religious woman, esp. a saint.
4. Mary, the mother of Christ.
5. any person who is uninitiated, uninformed, or the like: He's still a virgin as far as hard work is concerned.
6. a female animal that has never copulated.
7. an unfertilized insect.
8. (cap.)the constellation or sign of Virgo.

1. being a virgin: a virgin martyr.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty.
3. pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow.
4. first: the senator's virgin speech.
5. without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold.
6. not previously exploited, cultivated, tapped, or used: virgin timberlands; virgin wool.
7. without experience of; not previously exposed to: a mind virgin to such sorrows.
8. being a mixed drink resembling a specific cocktail but made without any alcoholic ingredient: a virgin piña colada.
9. not fertilized.
10. (of a metal) made directly from ore by smelting, rather than from scrap.
11. noting the oil obtained, as from olives, by the first pressing without the application of heat.