Young
[jʌŋ]
Definition
(noun.) any immature animal.
(noun.) young people collectively; 'rock music appeals to the young'; 'youth everywhere rises in revolt'.
(noun.) 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).
(noun.) United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955).
(noun.) English poet (1683-1765).
(noun.) United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959).
(noun.) 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).
(noun.) United States civil rights leader (1921-1971).
(noun.) United States film and television actress (1913-2000).
(adj.) being in its early stage; 'a young industry'; 'the day is still young' .
(adj.) (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; 'young people' .
Checked by Jeannette--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
(superl.) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
(n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Checker: Nanette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Youthful, juvenile, not old, in one's teens.
Typist: Yvette
Definition
adj. not long born: in early life: in the first part of growth: vigorous: relating to youth: junior the younger of two persons having the same name: inexperienced: newly arrived—in Australia.—n. the offspring of animals.—adjs. Young′-eyed (Shak.) with the bright eyes of youth; Young′ish somewhat young.—n. Young′ling a young person or animal.—adj. youthful young.—adv. Young′ly.—ns. Young′ness; Young′ster a young person: a lad; Youngth (Spens.) youth.—adj. Youngth′ly (Spens.) youthful.—Young blood fresh accession of strength; Young England the name applied during the Corn-Law struggle (1842-45) to a little band of young Tory politicians who hated Free Trade and Radicalism and professed a sentimental attachment to earlier forms of social life in England; Young England America &c. the rising generation in England America &c.; Young Ireland a group of Irish politicians who broke away from O'Connell about 1844 because of his rooted aversion to physical force; Young Italy an association of Italian republican agitators active about 1834 under the lead of Mazzini; Young person Mr Podsnap's phrase for youth generally considered as too inexperienced to hear about some matters within the range of adult human experience—from Dickens's Our Mutual Friend; Young Pretender Prince Charlie as distinguished from his father the Pretender or Old Pretender.—With young pregnant.
Typist: Wesley
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing young people, is a prognostication of reconciliation of family disagreements and favorable times for planning new enterprises. To dream that you are young again, foretells that you will make mighty efforts to recall lost opportunities, but will nevertheless fail. For a mother to see her son an infant or small child again, foretells that old wounds will be healed and she will take on her youthful hopes and cheerfulness. If the child seems to be dying, she will fall into ill fortune and misery will attend her. To see the young in school, foretells that prosperity and usefulness will envelope you with favors.
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We take the liberty of coming, my young companion and I, madam,' said Riah, 'on behalf of Lizzie Hexam. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The lady was young, engaging, and handsome, but not marked for long life. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The fact is, my young friend,' said Mr. Stiggins solemnly, 'he has an obderrate bosom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Lady Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Southey spoke of him as a miraculous young man, at whose talents he could only wonder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I wish all the young men would dress as you do, said I to his lordship. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I was admiring the boy's handsome dark eyes, when the mother, young Mrs. Leigh, entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But those objects against which their envy seems principally directed, are the vices of the younger sort and the deaths of the old. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I had always been his favorite among the younger generation of Carters and so I hastened to comply with his demand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It may be that in the younger people it does not have an importance. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Next I reflected that Frederick Lamb was younger than the Prince; but then again, a Prince of Wales! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- What I had to do, was, to turn the painful discipline of my younger days to account, by going to work with a resolute and steady heart. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If you do, and I were twenty years younger, I would give your father one thousand guineas for you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When younger, said he, I felt as if I were destined for some great enterprise. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I feel I can easily and naturally make room in my heart for you, as my third and youngest sister. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She is my youngest girl but one. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Upon this signal, the youngest of her daughters put herself forward. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Robert, being the youngest, and having less of the past to absorb him than his comrade, recommenced first. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was Grandfer Cantle's youngest son. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Hideously certain did it seem that the very youngest of the school must guess why and for whom I despaired. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The youngest is a baby on the mother's knee. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I however learned from it that I was the youngest son of the youngest son for five generations back. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She held by the hand her youngest girl, about five years old, who immediately ran to papa, and was made comfortable on his knee. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Meredith