young

[Young]

English poet (1683 1765)

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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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any immature animal

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young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

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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)

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United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

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English poet (1683-1765)

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United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

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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)

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United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

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United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

Adjective S.
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"

Adjective
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"


superl.
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.

superl.
Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

superl.
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

n.
The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.


Young

Young , a. [Compar. Younger ; superl. Youngest .] [OE. yung, yong, ong, 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. juvaa, juven. . Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth.] 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.
For he so young and tender was of age.
"Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.
2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
While the fears of the people were young.
3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.

Young

Young, n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.
With young, with child; pregnant.

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.

The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

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Usage Examples

A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

A growing number of young women who have the freedom to decide have decided that career can wait, and the delicious early years of their children's lives can't.

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

A young imagination is bold, likes to make bigger leaps. It likes to, well, imagine that the dustbuster is a dinosaur that the computer mouse is a hotrod that the box is a cave that the rawhide is a torch... or a baton... or something.

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

'Strictly Business' is about a young black man who is learning about himself, and that applies to a lot of young black men, those who are trying to find jobs. This film gives them a good look at that situation.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out the years.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

A lot of Hollywood couples get married young and wind up growing out of their relationship.

'Eyes Wide Open' took shape from two real life events straight from my own past. One was the sad suicide of my young nephew, a troubled kid, who was found at the bottom of a landmark cliff in central California. The second was a chance encounter forty years ago with none other than, ahem, Charles Manson!

A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.

Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.

A young bride is like a plucked flower but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.

A treatment method or an educational method that will work for one child may not work for another child. The one common denominator for all of the young children is that early intervention does work, and it seems to improve the prognosis.

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