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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Young \Young\, n.
     The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring
     collectively.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
           Their callow young.                      --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     With young, with child; pregnant.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.]
     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.
  
              ``Whom the gods love, die young,'' 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  young
       adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
              period of life or development or growth; "young
              people" [syn: immature] [ant: old]
       2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
          before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
          [syn: new]
       n 1: any immature animal [syn: offspring]
       2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn:
          Loretta Young]
       3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: 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: Thomas Young]
       5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: Pres
          Young, Lester Willis Young]
       6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: Edward Young]
       7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
          [syn: 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: Brigham Young]
       9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
          young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: youth]
          [ant: aged]
       [also: youngest, younger]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Αγγλικά a.
     νέος, νεαρός, μικρός σε ηλικία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm yong)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Young
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 # (surname en British distinguishing from=nicknames) for the
  younger of two people having the same given name.
     3 # (surname en from=Chinese).
     4 A placename
     5 # {place|en|town|in the region of the (w: South West
  Slopes),|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}.
     6 # (place en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Gila County s/Arizona c/USA).
     8 # (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Brown co/Morgan County
  s/Indiana c/USA).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West
  Virginia c/USA).
     10 # (place en city in dept:suf/Río Negro c/Uruguay).
     11 # (ellipsis of en Young County)
     12 # (ellipsis of en Young Parish)
     13 # (ellipsis of en Young Shire)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Young Township)
     15 # (ellipsis of en Young River)
     16 # (ellipsis of en Young Lake)
     17 # (ellipsis of en Mount Young)
     Tagalog n.
     (surname tl from=Min Nan) of Chinese origin

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     a.
     In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
     n.
     (lb en often as if a plural noun) offspring, especially the immature
  offspring of animals.
     vb.
     (lb en informal or demography) To become or seem to become
  #Adjective.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Young
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 # (surname en British distinguishing from=nicknames) for the
  younger of two people having the same given name.
     3 # (surname en from=Chinese).
     4 A placename
     5 # {place|en|town|in the region of the (w: South West
  Slopes),|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}.
     6 # (place en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Gila County s/Arizona c/USA).
     8 # (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Brown co/Morgan County
  s/Indiana c/USA).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West
  Virginia c/USA).
     10 # (place en city in dept:suf/Río Negro c/Uruguay).
     11 # (ellipsis of en Young County)
     12 # (ellipsis of en Young Parish)
     13 # (ellipsis of en Young Shire)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Young Township)
     15 # (ellipsis of en Young River)
     16 # (ellipsis of en Young Lake)
     17 # (ellipsis of en Mount Young)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm yong)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Young
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 # (surname en British distinguishing from=nicknames) for the
  younger of two people having the same given name.
     3 # (surname en from=Chinese).
     4 A placename
     5 # {place|en|town|in the region of the (w: South West
  Slopes),|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}.
     6 # (place en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Gila County s/Arizona c/USA).
     8 # (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Brown co/Morgan County
  s/Indiana c/USA).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West
  Virginia c/USA).
     10 # (place en city in dept:suf/Río Negro c/Uruguay).
     11 # (ellipsis of en Young County)
     12 # (ellipsis of en Young Parish)
     13 # (ellipsis of en Young Shire)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Young Township)
     15 # (ellipsis of en Young River)
     16 # (ellipsis of en Young Lake)
     17 # (ellipsis of en Mount Young)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Middle English a.
     (alt form enm yong)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Young
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 # (surname en British distinguishing from=nicknames) for the
  younger of two people having the same given name.
     3 # (surname en from=Chinese).
     4 A placename
     5 # {place|en|town|in the region of the (w: South West
  Slopes),|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}.
     6 # (place en village p/Saskatchewan c/Canada).
     7 # (place en unincorporated community/and/census-designated place
  co/Gila County s/Arizona c/USA).
     8 # (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Brown co/Morgan County
  s/Indiana c/USA).
     9 # (place en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West
  Virginia c/USA).
     10 # (place en city in dept:suf/Río Negro c/Uruguay).
     11 # (ellipsis of en Young County)
     12 # (ellipsis of en Young Parish)
     13 # (ellipsis of en Young Shire)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Young Township)
     15 # (ellipsis of en Young River)
     16 # (ellipsis of en Young Lake)
     17 # (ellipsis of en Mount Young)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Englanti a.
     nuori
     Englanti n.
     1 nuori, nuoriso
     2 pentu, poikanen, jälkeläinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  young
     Engelska a.
     ung

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  young /jˈʌŋ/
  1. kind
  2. jonk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Young /jˈʌŋ/
  صغير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  young //jʌŋ// 
  1. младежки
  belonging in the early part of life
  2. неопитен
  having little experience
  3. млад
  in the early part of life or growth

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  young //jʌŋ// 
  малко
  offspring