Definition of maid

"maid" in the noun sense

1. maid, maidservant, housemaid, amah

a female domestic

2. maid, maiden

an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

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Quotations for maid

Like mistress, like maid. [ Proverb ]

As spiteful as an old maid. [ Proverb ]

The trickling rain doth fall
Upon us one and all;
The south-wind kisses
The saucy milk-maid's cheek.
The nun's, demure and meek,
Nor any misses. [ E. C. Stedman ]

The last suitor wins the maid. [ Proverb ]

Hackney mistress, hackney maid. [ Proverb ]

The honor of a maid is her name. [ William Shakespeare ]

O music, sphere descended maid,
Friend of pleasure, wisdom's aid. [ Collins ]

A maid that laughs is half taken. [ Proverb ]

She is neither maid, wife nor widow. [ Proverb ]

The blushing beauty of a modest maid. [ Dryden ]

A maid oft seen, and a gown oft worn,
Are disesteemed, and held in scorn. [ Proverb ]

It is said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity. [ Byron ]

An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
A smile within his eyelids plays
And into words his longing gushes. [ Wm. R. Alger ]

New dressed and blooming as a bridal maid. [ Walter Harte ]

How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams
With its illusions, aspirations, dreams!
Book of Beginnings, Story without End,
Each maid a heroine, and each man a friend! [ Longfellow ]

His folded flock secure, the shepherd home
Hies merry-hearted; and by turns relieves
The ruddy milk-maid of her brimming pail;
The beauty whom perhaps his witless heart.
Unknowing what the joy-mixed anguish means,
Sincerely loves, by that best language shown
Of cordial glances, and obliging deeds. [ Thomson ]

How can the cat help it, if the maid be a fool? [ Proverb ]

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them, all day long:
And so make life, death and that vast forever,
One grand, sweet song. [ Charles Kingsley ]

He that woos a maid must come seldom in her sight,
But he that woos a widow, must woo her day and night. [ Proverb ]

When the maid leaves open the door, blame not the cat. [ Proverb ]

Bachelor's wives, and maid's children are well taught. [ Proverb ]

Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart! [ Byron ]

Shew me a man without a spot, and I'll shew you a maid without a fault. [ Proverb ]

Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. [ Greek Anthology ]

How can the cat help it if the maid is fool enough to leave things in her way) [ Italian Proverb ]

Oh! woe to him who first had the cruelty to ridicule the name of old maid, a name which recalls so many sorrowful deceptions, so many sufferings, so much destitution! Woe to him who finds a target for his sarcasm in an involuntary misfortune, and who crowns white hair with thorns! [ E. Souvestre ]

maid in Scrabble®

The word maid is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters maid:

MAID
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word maid

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maid in Words With Friends™

The word maid is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters maid:

MAID
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word maid

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The 196 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In maid

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Words within the letters of maid

2 letter words in maid (6 words)

3 letter words in maid (6 words)

4 letter words in maid (Anagrams) (2 words)

maid + 1 blank (8 words)

Word Growth involving maid

Shorter words in maid

ai aid

id aid

ma

Longer words containing maid

barmaid barmaids

bondmaid bondmaiden bondmaidens

bondmaid bondmaids

bowermaid bowermaiden bowermaidens

bowermaid bowermaids

bridesmaid bridesmaids

chambermaid chambermaids

cookmaid cookmaids

dairymaid dairymaids

doormaid doormaids

handmaid handmaiden handmaidenly

handmaid handmaiden handmaidens

handmaid handmaids

housemaid housemaidenly

housemaid housemaiding

housemaid housemaids underhousemaids

housemaid underhousemaid underhousemaids

kitchenmaid kitchenmaids

ladiesmaid ladiesmaids

laundrymaid laundrymaids

maiden bondmaiden bondmaidens

maiden bowermaiden bowermaidens

maiden handmaiden handmaidenly

maiden handmaiden handmaidens

maiden maidenhair maidenhairs

maiden maidenhead maidenheads

maiden maidenhood maidenhoods

maiden maidenish

maiden maidenlike unmaidenlike

maiden maidenliness

maiden maidenly handmaidenly

maiden maidenly housemaidenly

maiden maidenly unmaidenly

maiden maidens bondmaidens

maiden maidens bowermaidens

maiden maidens handmaidens

maiden maidens mermaidens

maiden maidenweed maidenweeds

maiden mermaiden mermaidens

maidhood maidhoods

maidless

maidlike

maids barmaids

maids bondmaids

maids bowermaids

maids bridesmaids

maids chambermaids

maids cookmaids

maids dairymaids

maids doormaids

maids handmaids

maids housemaids underhousemaids

maids kitchenmaids

maids ladiesmaids

maids laundrymaids

maids maidservant maidservants

maids mermaids

maids milkmaids

maids nursemaids

maids nurserymaids

maids oldmaids

maids pantrymaids

maids parlormaids

maids parlourmaids

maids schoolmaids

maids seamaids

maids shopmaids

maids submaids

maids tablemaids

maids undermaids

maids wardmaids

maids wardsmaids

maids washmaids

maids woodmaids

mermaid mermaiden mermaidens

mermaid mermaids

milkmaid milkmaids

nursemaid nursemaided

nursemaid nursemaiding

nursemaid nursemaids

nurserymaid nurserymaids

oldmaidish

pantrymaid pantrymaids

parlormaid parlormaids

parlourmaid parlourmaids

schoolmaid schoolmaids

seamaid seamaids

shopmaid shopmaids

submaid submaids

tablemaid tablemaids

undermaid undermaids

wardmaid wardmaids

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woodmaid woodmaids