Definition of Young

Adjective: young (younger,youngest)  yúng

  1. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life, development or growth
    "young people";
    - immature
     
  2. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
    "young corn";
    - new
     
  3. Suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
    "he is young for his age";
    - youthful, vernal
     
  4. Being in its early stage
    "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
     
  5. Not tried or tested by experience
    "a young hand at ploughing";
    - unseasoned, untested, untried
Noun: young  yúng
  1. Any immature animal
    - offspring
     
  2. Young people collectively
    "rock music appeals to the young";
    - youth
Noun: Young  yúng
  1. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
    - Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.
     
  2. 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)
    - Brigham Young
     
  3. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
    - Cy Young, Danton True Young
     
  4. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
    - Pres Young, Lester Willis Young
     
  5. English poet (1683-1765)
    - Edward Young
     
  6. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
    - Loretta Young
     
  7. British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of colour vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
    - Thomas Young

See also:
you
youngberries

Anagrams containing the word young

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