new : Idioms & Phrases
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- bran-new
- brand-new
- bright as a new penny
- capital of new hampshire
- capital of new jersey
- capital of new mexico
- capital of new york
- capital of new zealand
- capital of papua new guinea
- fire-new
- fresh-new
- greater new orleans bridge
- greater new york
- independent state of papua new guinea
- jewish new year
- new amsterdam
- new ballgame
- New birth
- new britain
- new brunswick
- new caledonia
- new caledonian
- new caledonian pine
- new caledonian yew
New Church , ∨New Jerusalem Church - new criticism
- new deal
- new dealer
- new delhi
- new edition
- new england
- new england aster
- new england boiled dinner
- new england clam chowder
- new englander
- new english bible
- new flower
- new forest
- new greek
- new guinea
- new hampshire
- new hampshirite
- new haven
- New heart
- new hebrides
- new ireland
- new jazz
- new jersey
- new jerseyan
- new jerseyite
- New land
- new latin
- New light
- new line
- new london
- new look
- new mexican
- new mexico
- New moon
- new netherland
- new norwegian
- new orleans
- new penny
- new people's army
- new phase of the moon
- New Red Sandstone
- new river
- new river gorge bridge
- new scotland yard
- new siberian islands
- new south wales
- new stone age
- New style
- new style calendar
- New testament
- new town
- new wave
- new waver
- New world
- new world anteater
- new world beaver
- new world blackbird
- new world chat
- new world coral snake
- new world flycatcher
- new world goldfinch
- new world jay
- new world least weasel
- new world leishmaniasis
- new world monkey
- new world mouse
- new world opah
- new world oriole
- new world porcupine
- new world sparrow
- new world tapir
- new world vulture
- new world warbler
- new year
- new year's
- new year's day
- new year's eve
- new york
- new york aster
- new york bay
- new york city
- new york fern
- new york minute
- new york state
- new york state barge canal
- new york stock exchange
- new york strip
- new yorker
- new zealand
- new zealand beech
- new zealand cotton
- new zealand dacryberry
- new zealand daisybush
- new zealand dollar
- new zealand honeysuckle
- new zealand islands
- new zealand mountain pine
- new zealand spinach
- new zealand white pine
- new zealand wine berry
- new zealand wren
- new zealander
- new-made
- new-model
- new-mown
- new-sprung
- new-year
- Of new
- papua new guinea
- span-new
- To turn over a new leaf
bran-new
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adjective satellite conspicuously new
bran-new; spick-and-span; spic-and-span.
- shiny brand-new shoes
- a spick-and-span novelty
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Bran"-new" adjective
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See Brand-new .
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brand-new
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adjective satellite conspicuously new
bran-new; spick-and-span; spic-and-span.
- shiny brand-new shoes
- a spick-and-span novelty
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Brand"-new" adjective
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Quite new; bright as if fresh from the forge.
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bright as a new penny
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adjective satellite (metaphor) shining brightly
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capital of new hampshire
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noun capital of the state of New Hampshire; located in south central New Hampshire on the Merrimack river
Concord.
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capital of new jersey
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noun capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river
Trenton.
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capital of new mexico
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noun capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico
Santa Fe.
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capital of new york
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noun state capital of New York; located in eastern New York State on the west bank of the Hudson river
Albany.
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capital of new zealand
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noun the capital of New Zealand
Wellington.
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capital of papua new guinea
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noun the administrative capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby.
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fire-new
Fire"-new` adjective
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Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade.Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.
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fresh-new
Fresh"-new` adjective
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Unpracticed. Obs. Shak.
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greater new orleans bridge
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noun twin cantilever bridges across the Mississippi at New Orleans
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greater new york
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noun the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
New York; Greater New York.
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independent state of papua new guinea
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noun a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
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jewish new year
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noun (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
Rosh Hashona; Rosh Hashonah; Rosh Hashanah; Rosh Hashana.
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new amsterdam
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noun a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York
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new ballgame
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noun a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
ballgame.
- HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame
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New birth
- . See under
Birth .
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new britain
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noun the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
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new brunswick
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noun a university town in central New Jersey
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noun a province in southeastern Canada
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new caledonia
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noun an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand
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new caledonian
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adjective of or relating to New Caledonia
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new caledonian pine
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noun very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine
Araucaria columnaris.
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new caledonian yew
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noun large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
Austrotaxus spicata.
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New Church , ∨ New Jerusalem Church
- the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See
Swedenborgian .
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new criticism
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noun literary criticism based on close analysis of the text
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new deal
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noun the economic policy of F. D. Roosevelt
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noun the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
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noun a reapportioning of something
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new dealer
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noun a supporter of the economic policies in the United States known as the New Deal
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new delhi
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noun the capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi
capital of India; Indian capital.
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new edition
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noun a publication (such as a book) that has been modified or updated and offered again for sale
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new england
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noun a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
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new england aster
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noun common perennial of eastern North America having showy purplish flowers; a parent of the Michaelmas daisy
Aster novae-angliae.
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new england boiled dinner
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noun corned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetables
boiled dinner.
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new england clam chowder
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noun a thick chowder made with clams and potatoes and onions and salt pork and milk
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new englander
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noun an American who lives in New England
Yankee.
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new english bible
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noun a modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha
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new flower
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noun the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
capital of Ethiopia; Addis Ababa.
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new forest
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noun an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies
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new greek
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noun the Greek language as spoken and written today
Modern Greek.
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new guinea
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noun a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea
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new hampshire
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noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
NH; Granite State.
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noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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new hampshirite
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noun a native or resident of New Hampshire
Granite Stater.
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new haven
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noun a city in southwestern Connecticut; site of Yale University
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New heart
(Theol.) , a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
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new hebrides
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noun a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
Republic of Vanuatu; Vanuatu.
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new ireland
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noun an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea
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new jazz
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noun any of various styles of jazz that appeared after 1940
modern jazz; neo jazz.
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new jersey
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noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
Garden State; NJ; Jersey.
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noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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new jerseyan
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noun a native of resident of New Jersey
New Jerseyan; Garden Stater.
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new jerseyite
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noun a native of resident of New Jersey
New Jerseyan; Garden Stater.
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New land
- land ckeared and cultivated for the first time.
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new latin
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noun Latin since the Renaissance; used for scientific nomenclature
Neo-Latin.
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New light
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(Zoöl.) SeeCrappie .
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new line
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noun the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line
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new london
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noun a town in southeastern Connecticut near Long Island Sound; an important whaling center in the 19th century
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new look
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noun a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt
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new mexican
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noun a native or resident of New Mexico
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new mexico
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noun a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
Land of Enchantment; NM.
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New moon
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noun the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
new moon.
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(a) The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible .(b) The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews. 2 Kings iv. 23.
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new netherland
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noun a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
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new norwegian
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noun one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
Landsmal; Nynorsk; Landsmaal.
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new orleans
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noun a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year
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new penny
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noun a coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound
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new people's army
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noun a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines; a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government; uses hit squads called Sparrow Units; opposes United States military presence in the Philippines
NPA.
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new phase of the moon
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noun the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
new moon.
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New Red Sandstone
(Geol.) , an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. SeeSandstone .
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new river
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noun a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River
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new river gorge bridge
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noun a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia
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new scotland yard
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noun the detective department of the metropolitan police force of London
Scotland Yard.
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new siberian islands
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noun a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Laptev Sea
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new south wales
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noun an Australian state in southeastern Australia
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new stone age
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noun latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
Neolithic Age; Neolithic.
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New style
- . See
Style .
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new style calendar
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noun the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
Gregorian calendar.
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New testament
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noun the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
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- . See under
Testament .
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new town
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noun a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation
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new wave
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noun an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
Nouvelle Vague.
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noun any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
vanguard; avant-garde; van.
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new waver
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noun a film maker who follows New Wave ideas
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New world
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noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
occident; western hemisphere.
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- the land of the Western Hemisphere; so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
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new world anteater
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noun any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
anteater.
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new world beaver
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noun a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida
Castor canadensis.
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new world blackbird
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noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
blackbird.
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new world chat
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noun birds having a chattering call
chat.
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new world coral snake
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noun any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
coral snake; harlequin-snake.
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new world flycatcher
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noun large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing
flycatcher; tyrant flycatcher; tyrant bird.
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new world goldfinch
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noun American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer
yellowbird; goldfinch; Spinus tristis.
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new world jay
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noun a North American jay
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new world least weasel
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noun of Canada and northeastern United States
Mustela rixosa.
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new world leishmaniasis
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noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa
nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; American leishmaniasis.
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new world monkey
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noun hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
platyrrhinian; platyrrhine.
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new world mouse
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noun a variety of rodent
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new world opah
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noun from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico
Lampris guttatus.
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new world oriole
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noun American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
American oriole; oriole.
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new world porcupine
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noun arboreal porcupine
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new world sparrow
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noun sparrow-like North American finches
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new world tapir
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noun a tapir found in South America and Central America
Tapirus terrestris.
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new world vulture
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noun large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
cathartid.
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new world warbler
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noun small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
wood warbler.
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new year
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noun the calendar year just begun
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new year's
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noun the first day of the year
New Year's; January 1.
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new year's day
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noun the first day of the year
New Year's; January 1.
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New" Year's` Day"
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the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New year's ornew year .
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new year's eve
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noun the last day of the year
December 31.
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new york
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noun the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
New York; Greater New York.
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noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
New York; NY; Empire State.
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noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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new york aster
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noun North American perennial herb having small autumn-blooming purple or pink or white flowers; widely naturalized in Europe
Aster novi-belgii; Michaelmas daisy.
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new york bay
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noun a bay of the North Atlantic; fed by the Hudson River
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new york city
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noun the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
New York; Greater New York.
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new york fern
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noun slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
Dryopteris noveboracensis; Parathelypteris novae-boracensis.
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new york minute
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noun a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
instant; wink; blink of an eye; flash; twinkling; jiffy; heartbeat; split second; trice.
- if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
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new york state
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noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
New York; NY; Empire State.
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new york state barge canal
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noun a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain
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new york stock exchange
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noun a stock exchange in New York
NYSE; big board; N. Y. Stock Exchange.
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new york strip
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noun steak from upper part of the short loin
strip steak.
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new yorker
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noun a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)
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new zealand
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noun an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
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noun North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
New Zealand.
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New` Zea"land
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A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
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new zealand beech
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noun any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
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new zealand cotton
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noun a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
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new zealand dacryberry
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noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
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new zealand daisybush
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noun bushy New Zealand shrub cultivated for its fragrant white flower heads
Olearia haastii.
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new zealand dollar
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noun the basic unit of money in New Zealand
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new zealand honeysuckle
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noun slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
rewa-rewa.
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new zealand islands
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noun North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
New Zealand.
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new zealand mountain pine
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noun New Zealand shrub
Halocarpus bidwilli; tarwood; Dacrydium bidwilli; tar-wood.
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new zealand spinach
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noun coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides.
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new zealand white pine
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noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
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new zealand wine berry
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noun graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
makomako; wineberry; Aristotelia racemosa; Aristotelia serrata.
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new zealand wren
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noun birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
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new zealander
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noun a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
Kiwi.
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adjective of or relating to or characteristic of New Zealand or its people
- New Zealander sheep farms
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new-made
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adjective satellite newly made
- the aroma of new-made bread
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new-model
New`-mod"el transitive verb
Definitions
To remodel.
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new-mown
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adjective satellite newly mown
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new-sprung
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adjective satellite having just or recently arisen or come into existence
newborn.
- new nations
- with newborn fears
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new-year
New"-year` adjective
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Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, .New-year gifts or odes
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Of new
- anew. Obs.
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papua new guinea
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noun a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations
Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
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span-new
Span"-new` adjective
Etymology
Icel.Definitions
Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. "A span-new archbishop's chair." Fuller.
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To turn over a new leaf
- to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing. Colloq.