The Collaborative International Dictionary
New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. Newer (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl. Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured 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.''
--Chaucer.Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
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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.
--Bk. of Com. Prayer.Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
--Bacon. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
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Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
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Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden. New birth. See under Birth. New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. New heart (Theol.), 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 light. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie. New moon.
The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
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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 (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
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.
Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
Wikipedia
New Land Magazine is an Australian Chinese-English bilingual magazine currently headquartered in Sydney. The magazine was established in 2004. Its aim is to bridge the Chinese and Australian cultures together, and to provide a gateway for the Asian community into the Australian lifestyle, culture and customs. The content emphasizes real-life stories, and coverage of fashion, food and travel destinations.
New Land is a children's novel by Sarah Lindsay Schmidt. It was first published in 1933, and it was a Newbery Medal Honor recipient in 1934.
The novel is about a family moving out from Chicago to work on a farm in rural Wyoming in the 1930s.
Usage examples of "new land".
So great was the extent of the new land which had risen beneath me, that I could not detect the faintest noise of the surging ocean, strain my ears as I might.
So Dame Elinor knelt down, and did homage and obeisance for her new land.
It was the compass by which he steered and learned to chart the manners of a new land and life.
For a while I could not sleep, for I was overcome by the memory of all the strange sights that I had seen in this wonderful new land which was so civilised and yet so barbarous.
And you get your folks to bring one of them flyers to take me to my new land.
She and her followers, the Daughters of Life, had found refuge in a new land far to the south.
At once the western Hobbits fell in love with their new land, and they remained there, and soon passed once more out of the history of Men and of Elves.
This is a new land with furs and the golden tears of the sun to be gathered and bartered.