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young (yuŋ)

adjective younger young′er (yuŋgər), youngest young′·est (yuŋgəst)

  1. being in an early period of life or growth; not old
  2. characteristic of youth in quality, appearance, or behavior; fresh; vigorous; strong; lively; active
  3. representing or embodying a new tendency, social movement, progressivism, etc. the Young Turks
  4. of or having to do with youth or early life
  5. lately begun; not advanced or developed; in an early stage
  6. lacking experience or practice; immature; raw; ignorant; green
  7. younger than another of the same name or family; junior young Jones or his father, the young Mr. Baker
  8. Geol.
    1. in a stage of increasing and more effective activity, as a stream cutting deep valleys or gorges
    2. having undergone little erosion, as a mountain range showing rugged topography

Etymology: ME yonge < OE geong, akin to Ger & Du jung < IE *yuwen- > L juvenis, Sans yuvan-, young

noun

  1. young people: often with the
  2. offspring, esp. young offspring, collectively a bear and her young
young Idioms

with young

pregnant: said of an animal
Young definition

Young (yuŋ)

  1. Young, Brigham (brigəm) 1801-77; U.S. Mormon leader
  2. Young, Edward 1683-1765; Eng. poet
  3. Young, Thomas 1773-1829; Eng. physician, physicist, & linguist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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