New
New (nū) , adjective
[Old English Old English newe, Anglo-Saxon niwe, neowe; akin to Dutch nieuw, Old Saxon niwi, Old High German niuwi, German neu, Icelandic nȳr, Danish & Swedish ny, Gothic niujis, Lithuanian naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, Welsh newydd, Armor. nevez, Latin novus, Greek ne`os, Sanskrit nava, and prob. to English now. r263. See Now, and compare Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
1.
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occurred lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion.
Your new wife.
2.
Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
3.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
4.
As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.
Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
5.
Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous. — Addison
6.
Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
7.
Fresh from anything; newly come.
New from her sickness to that northern air.
Collocations (10)
New birth , See under Birth.
New Church or New Jerusalem Church , the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian.
New heart (Theology) , a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives.
New land , land cleared and cultivated for the first time.
New moon , (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
New Red Sandstone (Geology) , an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias.
New style , See Style.
New testament , See under Testament.
New world , the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
New (nū) , adverb
Newly; recently. — Chaucer
New is much used in composition, adverbially, in the sense of newly, recently, to qualify other words, as in new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown.
Collocations (1)
Of new , anew. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
New , verb, transitive and intransitive
To make new; to renew. [Obsolete]