young

young
/yung/, adj., younger /yung"geuhr/, youngest /yung"gist/, n.
adj.
1. being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
2. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth.
3. of or pertaining to youth: in one's young days.
4. inexperienced or immature.
5. not far advanced in years in comparison with another or others.
6. junior, as applied to the younger of two persons having the same name: the young Mr. Smith.
7. being in an early stage generally, as of existence, progress, operation, development, or maturity; new; early: a young wine; It is a young company, not yet firmly established.
8. representing or advocating recent or progressive tendencies, policies, or the like.
n.
9. those who have youth; young persons collectively: the educated young of today; a game for young and old.
10. young offspring: a mother hen protecting her young.
11. with young, (of an animal) pregnant.
[bef. 900; ME yong(e), OE geong; c. D jong, G jung, ON ungr, Goth jungs; akin to L juvenis]
Syn. 1. growing. YOUNG, YOUTHFUL, JUVENILE all refer to lack of age. YOUNG is the general word for that which is undeveloped, immature, and in process of growth: a young colt, child; young shoots of wheat. YOUTHFUL has connotations suggesting the favorable characteristics of youth, such as vigor, enthusiasm, and hopefulness: youthful sports, energy, outlook. JUVENILE may suggest less desirable characteristics, such as childishness, petulance, idleness, selfishness, or heedlessness (juvenile behavior), or it may refer simply to the years, up to the later teens, before legal responsibility: juvenile delinquency; juvenile court; juvenile books.
Ant. 1. mature, old.

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(as used in expressions)
Young Men's Christian Association
Mavis de Trafford Young
Hayne Robert Young
Jackson Alexander Young
Simpson Sir James Young
Young Andrew
Young Brigham
Young Coleman
Young Cy
Denton True Young
Young Lester Willis
Young Neil
Young Thomas
Charles Edward the Young Pretender

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      town, south-central New South Wales, Australia, on Burrangong Creek and the Western Slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The first settlement in 1830 was a sheep station. Known as Lambing Flat, the locality was the scene in 1860 of anti-Chinese rioting over local gold diggings. Proclaimed a town in 1861 and a municipality in 1882, the community was named after Sir John Young, state governor (1861–67), and now serves a district of cherry, prune, apple, and pear orchards and cereal, cattle, poultry, and pig farming. Industries include fruit processing, magnesium oxide treatment, knitwear production, brandy distilling, steel fabrication, and flour milling. The town has rail and road links to Sydney (168 miles [270 km] northeast). Pop. (2006) local government area, 11,984.

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