Young \Young\ (y[u^]ng), a. [Compar. Younger
(y[u^][ng]"g[~e]r); superl. Youngest (-g[e^]st).] [OE.
yung, yong, [yogh]ong, [yogh]ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries.
iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. &
Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L.
juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva[,c]a, juvan. [root]281. Cf.
Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.]
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1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet
arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old;
juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young
man; a young fawn.
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For he so young and tender was of age. --Chaucer.
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"Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long
carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live
young forever. --Mrs. H. H.
Jackson.
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2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young
plant; a young tree.
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While the fears of the people were young. --De Foe.
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3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed;
ignorant; weak.
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Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in
this. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Young \Young\, n.
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring
collectively.
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[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. --Milton.
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With young, with child; pregnant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
young
adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
period of life or development or growth; "young
people" [syn: immature] [ant: old]
2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
[syn: new]
n 1: any immature animal [syn: offspring]
2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn:
Loretta Young]
3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: Whitney
Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.]
4: British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave
theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of
color vision; he also played an important role in
deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone
(1773-1829) [syn: Thomas Young]
5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: Pres
Young, Lester Willis Young]
6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: Edward Young]
7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
[syn: Cy Young, Danton True Young]
8: United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after
the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon
exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
[syn: Brigham Young]
9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: youth]
[ant: aged]
[also: youngest, younger]
WordNet (r) 2.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "young":
adolescent, babies, babyhood, babyish, boyhood, boyish, brood,
callow, childish, childkind, childlike, children, clutch, crude,
dewy, ever-new, evergreen, farrow, firsthand, fledgling,
florescent, flowering, fresh, fry, get, girlhood, girlish, green,
hatch, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, innocent,
intact, issue, junior, juvenal, juvenescent, juvenile, kids,
litter, little kids, little ones, maiden, maidenly, minor, naive,
neoteric, nest, nestling, new, new generation, offspring, original,
pristine, progeny, pubescent, puerile, raw, rising generation,
sempervirent, small fry, sophomoric, spat, spawn, teenaged, tots,
unbeaten, undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unhandled,
uninitiated, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, unsophisticated,
untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unversed, vernal, virgin,
virginal, young blood, young fry, young people, youngling, youth,
youthful, youthlike, youthy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Young -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 17943
Housing Units (2000): 8504
Land area (2000): 922.332083 sq. miles (2388.829028 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 8.512770 sq. miles (22.047971 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 930.844853 sq. miles (2410.876999 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.210656 N, 98.658910 W
Headwords:
Young
Young, TX
Young County
Young County, TX
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
Young, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 561
Housing Units (2000): 446
Land area (2000): 42.012466 sq. miles (108.811784 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 42.012466 sq. miles (108.811784 sq. km)
FIPS code: 85330
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 34.111688 N, 110.929208 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Young, AZ
Young
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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