'Young' definitions:
Definition of 'young'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" [syn: young, immature] [ant: old]
adjective
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" [syn: new, young]
adjective
adjective
Being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
adjective
Not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young]
noun
Any immature animal [syn: young, offspring]
noun
United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn: Young, Loretta Young]
noun
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.]
noun
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: Young, Thomas Young]
noun
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young]
noun
English poet (1683-1765) [syn: Young, Edward Young]
noun
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) [syn: Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young]
noun
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: Young, Brigham Young]
noun
Definition of 'Young'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- For he so young and tender was of age. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- "Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. [1913 Webster]
- While the fears of the people were young. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. [1913 Webster]
- Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Young'
From: GCIDE
- Young \Young\, n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [1913 Webster]
- [The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- With young, with child; pregnant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'young'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Young, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Young -- U.S. County in Texas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Words containing 'Young'
- With young,
- Youngly,
- Youngness,
- have young,
- The Young Chevalier,
- Young County,
- Young Harris,
- Young one,
- Young's modulus,
- Young'un,
- Young, AZ,
- Young, TX,
- brigham young,
- cy young,
- edward young,
- loretta young,
- pres young,
- thomas young,
- whitney young,
- young bird,
- young buck,
- young carnivore,
- young fish,
- young girl,
- young lady,
- young mammal,
- young man,
- young person,
- young turk,
- young woman,
- Norwood Young America,
- Young County, TX,
- Young Harris, GA,
- danton true young,
- lester willis young,
- young-bearing,
- young-begetting,
- Norwood Young America, MN,
- Young Men's Christian Association,
- Young Women's Christian Association,
- sir james young simpson,
- whitney moore young jr.,
- Christian Endeavor Young People's Society of