Word Meanings - MAID - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback . Fair maid. See under Fair, a. -- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; - - usually of noble family, and having to perform only

Additional info about word: MAID

The female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (Raia batis), and of the thornback . Fair maid. See under Fair, a. -- Maid of honor, a female attendant of a queen or royal princess; - - usually of noble family, and having to perform only nominal or honorary duties. -- Old maid. See under Old. (more info) 1. An unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden. Would I had died a maid, And never seen thee, never borne thee son. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32. 2. A man who has not had sexual intercourse. Christ was a maid and shapen as a man. Chaucer. 3. A female servant. Spinning amongst her maids. Shak. Note: Maid is used either adjectively or in composition, signifying female, as in maid child, maidservant.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MAID)

• Servant
• Retainer
• domestic
• attendant
• minister
• maid
• abigail
• handmaid
• Virgin
• Maid
• maiden
• damsel
• girl

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MAID)

• Lead
• rule
• command
• exact

Related words: (words related to MAID)

• HANDMAID; HANDMAIDEN
  A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
• VIRGINIA
  One of the States of the United States of America. -- a.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• MAIDENLINESS
  The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
• DOMESTICATE
  1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. 2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. 3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild
• VIRGINAL
  Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly. "Chastity and honor virginal." Spenser. Virginal generation , parthenogenesis. -- Virginal membrane , the hymen.
• EXACTION
  1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
• COMMANDATORY
  Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
• COMMANDO
  In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
• MAIDEN
  fr. mago son, servant; akin to G. magd, mädchen, maid, OHG. magad, Icel. mögr son, Goth. magus boy, child, magaps virgin, and perh. to 1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
• MINISTERY
  See MILTON
• COMMANDEER
  To compel to perform military service; to seize for military purposes; -- orig. used of the Boers. 2. To take arbitrary or forcible possession of.
• EXACT
  drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + 1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps
• EXACTRESS
  A woman who is an exactor. B. Jonson.
• VIRGINHOOD
  Virginity; maidenhood.
• COMMANDMENT
  One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. 3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak. (more info) 1. An order or injunction given
• COMMANDINGLY
  In a commanding manner.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• MANSERVANT
  A male servant.
• INDEVIRGINATE
  Not devirginate. Chapman.
• CONSERVANT
  Having the power or quality of conservation.
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• UNMAIDEN
  To ravish; to deflower.