(literally) To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation. / (by extension) To initiate a new venture, especially something never before attempted.

A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.

(Britain) A member of a community of people, many of whom hold New Age beliefs, who travel among fairs and music festivals.

(music) A genre of music of a mystical and meditative nature, associated with New Age philosophies, usually in the style of world music and using the sounds of nature.

A state of the United States.

A variety of swingbeat dance music combining elements of rhythm and blues, soul music, hip hop and rap. / (slang) The combination of heroin and morphine, as a recreational drug.

(simile, colloquial, Ireland) Furiously or vigorously, repeatedly.

The largest city in the United States, situated in the state of New York at the mouth of the Hudson River on the northeastern Atlantic Coast. It consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

A vision for the world in which greater peace and stability is achieved through a new political order. / According to conspiracy theories, the planned rule of the world by a secret global elite.

(cricket) The first replacement new ball in an innings; in Test cricket, usually taken after 80 overs.