Young : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Young	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
young adj (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" Synonym(s): young, immature Antonym(s): old (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" Synonym(s): new, young suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age" Synonym(s): youthful, vernal, young being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young" not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" Synonym(s): unseasoned, untested, untried, young n any immature animal Synonym(s): young, offspring United States film and television actress (1913-2000) Synonym(s): Young, Loretta Young United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) Synonym(s): Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr. 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) Synonym(s): Young, Thomas Young United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Synonym(s): Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young English poet (1683-1765) Synonym(s): Young, Edward Young United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) Synonym(s): Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young 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) Synonym(s): Young, Brigham Young young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" Synonym(s): young, youth Antonym(s): aged, elderly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Young \Young\ (y[ucr]ng), a. [Compar. {Younger} (y[ucr][nsm]"g[etil]r); superl. {Youngest} (-g[ecr]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[cced]a, juvan. [root]281. 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. --Chaucer. [bd]Whom the gods love, die young,[b8] has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. 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. --De Foe. 3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Milton. {With young}, with child; pregnant.