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560 5.1
Harvested early before full growth and often tender
  • adjective
  • /nuː/
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  • During the spring, the farmer harvested new crops before they reached full maturity.
  • new crop

And they would just push new growth and be perfectly fine.

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Examples

  • These new vegetables were picked early to ensure they are tender and flavorful.

  • So what do you kids think of these new trees?

  • Look at how pretty, how bright pink that new growth is.

  • When that happens, it encourages the formation of new young stars.

  • Those stocks of growth will put out new ginger roots.

  • Early in his career, an engineer was tasked with testing a new prototype device.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Implementation was generally smooth for a new program and was less cumbersome than staff had anticipated.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Otherwise, these new teeny tiny baby roots will rot.

  • They are Evergreen plants and new sprouts grow quite tall.

  • The gardener showed us the new seedlings that would soon grow into healthy plants.

Synonyms

young
vsnew
1.0

Not old and in an early stage of life

is about crops picked early, not general early life or growth
unripened
vsnew
4.2

Not fully grown and not ready to eat, like green fruit and vegetables

is harvested early before full maturity rather than simply not mature

Antonyms

91 3.5

To become fully grown or developed

63 1.0

Fully grown fruit ready to be eaten or harvested

Idioms

what's new
  • Informal
48 2.4

To ask what has happened recently in someone's life

8 3.7

A person or thing new to a group that others do not know yet

Seen in a different way that shows new sides

5 7.2

A person new in charge who makes rules stricter

3 9.8

To scold someone very harshly

new kid in town
  • Informal
2 4.3

A person new to a place who people notice

2 9.9

To scold someone angrily

The beginning of a new time that offers a fresh start

To show or announce the start of a big change

Very bright and shiny, like a new coin

1 7.5

Someone presents a known idea as if it were new

9.9

A playful reason to buy something new

9.9

A joking reply that pretends not to know someone who messages you

New ideas put into an old way that do not bring real change

7.9

To change habits and try to be better at the start of the year

Create new ways to make progress or grow

9.1

To show you have recently become rich in a loud, flashy way

Compounds

736 1.0

A very large city in the United States known for many landmarks and businesses

321 1.2

Completely new and never used

197 1.0

The first day of the year when people celebrate with parties and fireworks

168 1.0

A northeastern US state with Albany as capital and New York City as its largest city

146 2.8

A person born in or living in New York City

125 1.0

The last evening of the year when people celebrate before midnight

122 1.5

A region in the northeast of the United States made up of six states

87 5.1

A situation that offers new chances and experiences

76 1.0

The time at the start of a calendar year

A state in the northeast of the United States with Albany as its capital

60 2.3

Second part of the Christian Bible that tells about Jesus and the early church

46 4.2

The continents of North and South America that Europeans settled from the late 1400s

45 2.7

A recent function added to a product or app to help users

A large place in New York where people buy and sell shares of companies

30 4.4

A set of government programs in the 1930s in the United States to fight the Great Depression

30 3.4

A time of big change in someone's life after an important event

new species
  • Specialized
26 4.9

A group of living things not known to science before

The first day of the year, celebrated as a public holiday on 1 January

18 4.9

A group of artists or writers who introduce new ideas and styles

16 3.2

A higher level of success than before

15 3.3

An exciting experience that is not familiar and brings new challenges

14 4.8

People or families who recently became rich and show their wealth publicly

A common way of living or working after a big change

12 3.9

A town planned and built in a new area with houses, shops, and schools

11 3.0

A version of a book that contains changes and is printed again

10 3.7

An area or subject that is unfamiliar and not tried before

9 2.8

A thin crescent of the Moon that first appears after a dark period

An extra part that makes something more detailed or interesting

8 4.1

A series of government reforms and programs in the United States from 1933 to 1940 under President Roosevelt

8 4.1

A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak

7 2.7

A new song that many people like and play a lot

New York minute
  • Informal
5 7.2

A very short moment when something happens

new line
  • Specialized
4 3.1

A break that moves text to the next line

new ballgame
  • Informal
3 6.1

A situation that is very different and needs a new way to act or think

3 4.0

A time that brings a fresh start after a long hard time

3 4.6

A large government program of reforms and public spending based on 1930s United States policies

3 4.2

A person who was born in or now lives in New Mexico

3 7.5

A movement in 1950s and 1960s French films that used new ways of telling stories and showing images

A state in the southeast of Australia with Sydney as its capital

3 3.4

A page that lists recent changes and new features in an app or website

A pleasant smell inside a brand new car

2 1.0

A young leaf that has just started to grow on a plant

new math
  • Archaic
2 7.9

A way of teaching math that focuses on underlying ideas like sets and rules

2 7.5

A plant with small purple, pink or white flowers that bloom in autumn

New Look
  • Archaic
1 6.9

A style of women's clothes with a tight top, small waist, and a full skirt

A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn

A large area including New York City and its nearby suburbs

New Dealer
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A person who supported government programs to help people during the 1930s

new hotness
  • Slang
1 8.5

A thing that many people like and find exciting right now

A fresh start that makes something lively and useful again

1 5.9

A monkey from Central and South America with a flat nose and often a tail that can hold things

A thick creamy soup from New England made with clams, potatoes, onions, and milk

1 8.4

An effort by the Catholic Church to bring people back to faith where it is declining

1 6.7

Jazz music after 1940 that uses new ideas and different forms

New Latin
  • Formal
1 8.5

A form of Latin used since the Renaissance for science, study, and naming plants and animals

new penny
  • Archaic
1 5.3

A coin worth one hundredth of a pound first made in Britain in 1971

1 8.4

A communist armed group formed in 1969 to fight the Philippine government

The main offices of the London police and their detectives

The official money of New Zealand

A feeling that something is fresh and new, not a real smell

1 6.1

Recently cut grass or hay that still smells fresh

5.5

Completely new and never used

Two large bridges that cross the Mississippi River at New Orleans and carry vehicles

A country in the eastern half of New Guinea island in the southwest Pacific since 1975

New ideas coming into a group or place to help it change

New Caledonian pine
  • Australian
7.7

A very tall evergreen tree from New Caledonia that looks like a Norfolk Island pine

New Caledonian yew
  • Australian
8.9

A large evergreen tree from New Caledonia that is grown in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii

new criticism
  • Archaic
9.5

A way of studying literature that focuses on a text's language and form, not the author's life or history

Food from a culture you have not tried before, often from other countries

A modern English translation of the Bible used for reading and study

A national park of woods and open land in southern England known for wild ponies

new dunny
  • Slang
9.4

A newly built toilet often an outdoor one at a camp

A plant that lives for many years with tall stems and purple or pink flower heads that blooms in autumn

How Ripe

overripe
7 3.0
ripe
63 1.0
new
560 5.1
green
67 2.1

Surface Forms

new positive
newer comparative
newest superlative

Etymology

New can mean 'just grown' or 'young', and this is why cooks talk about new potatoes or peas that are fresh and tender. So new here describes crops picked early in their life.