young
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
young
adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
period of life or development or growth; "young people"
[syn: {young}, {immature}] [ant: {old}]
2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before
complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" [syn: {new},
{young}]
3: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his
age" [syn: {youthful}, {vernal}, {young}]
4: being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is
still young"
5: 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}]
n 1: any immature animal [syn: {young}, {offspring}]
2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn:
{Young}, {Loretta Young}]
3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: {Young},
{Whitney Young}, {Whitney Moore Young Jr.}]
4: 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}]
5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn:
{Young}, {Pres Young}, {Lester Willis Young}]
6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: {Young}, {Edward Young}]
7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
[syn: {Young}, {Cy Young}, {Danton True Young}]
8: 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}]
9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young";
"youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: {young}, {youth}]
[ant: {aged}, {elderly}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Young, AZ
Young
from
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
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
Headwords:
Young
Young, TX
Young County
Young County, TX
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "young":
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
from
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
YOUNG
Brigham, the man who introduced Mohammedanism into the
United States and placed Utah on the flag. When a young man he
became a strong anti-monogamist. Moved west with his wives.
Utah increased in population and was admitted as a state.
After building a great temple, dedicated to Hymen, he died,
leaving a considerable family and a few widows. Heirs: See
Utah census. Ambition: London and New York in Utah. Address:
Utah. Clubs: Race Suicide. Epitaph: Like Father, Like Son.
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