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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.0.48 [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 WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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 German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: young /joːuŋ/ jung