young
IPA: jˈʌŋ
noun
- (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
- A surname.
- A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
- A surname from Chinese.
- A placename
- A town in the region of the South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
- A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.
- Ellipsis of Young County. [One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Graham.]
- Ellipsis of Young Parish.
- Ellipsis of Young Shire.
- Ellipsis of Young Township.
- Ellipsis of Young River.
- Ellipsis of Young Lake.
- Ellipsis of Mount Young.
verb
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
- (geology) To exhibit younging.
adjective
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- Early. (of a decade of life)
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
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Examples of "young" in Sentences
- Fled from her heart, yet she is young, is _young_;
- I knew there was no chance for Marian and Anne; they're old maids, and I'm young -- _young_.
- WHEN Foote was one day lamenting his growing old, a _pert_ young fellow asked him what he would give to be as _young_ as he.
- He could hardly refrain from a smile when he came across the sentence, "He was young enough to know better," as he substituted in a large illegible hand the word _old_ for _young_.
- The very best lesson for a horseman, young or old, is colt-breaking; and if in the attempt the _young_ horseman fails to do the colt justice, he will at least do him less injury than the country colt-breaker, or the generality of grooms.
- God forgives the inattention at Mass of an old man when he sleeps; of a young man when he loves; and the wandering attention of an _old_ man blessed with a _young_ heart the Almighty will surely pardon, for He Himself must admire beauty, since He made it. '
- Miss Carnaby heard the conversation of her young companions, and she gradually became conscious that William was not a boy; in fact, she began to wonder how she had ever thought so, for he, as she said unto herself, was "certainly a very interesting _young man_."
- There would not be any thing essentially wrong in an attachment between these young people, if it sprang up naturally; only it would be necessary to impress upon them the fact that they were _young_, and that for years to come their minds should be largely occupied with other matters.
- "She couldn't hev things a-gwine on so as they had been, and she was gwine to make these yer young ones keep better order;" for Dinah herself, somehow, indulged the illusion that she herself was the soul of order, and it was only the _young uns_, and the everybody else in the house, that were the cause of anything that fell short of perfection in this respect.
- "She couldn't hev things a gwine on so as they had been, and she was gwine to make these yer young ones keep better order;" for Dinah herself, somehow, indulged the illusion that she, herself, was the soul of order, and it was only the _young uns_, and the everybody else in the house, that were the cause of anything that fell short of perfection in this respect.
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