Definitions for Young

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Young young

Spelling: [yuhng]

IPA: /yʌŋ/

Young is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in Young (gnouy).

Definitions for Young

noun

1. those who have youth; young persons collectively:
2. young offspring:
3. Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
4. Art(hur Henry) 1866–1944, U.S. cartoonist and author.
5. Brigham, 1801–77, U.S. leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
6. Charles, 1864–1922, U.S. army colonel: highest-ranking black officer in World War I.
7. Denton T ("Cy") 1867–1955, U.S. baseball player.
8. Edward, 1683–1765, English poet.
9. Ella, 1867–1956, Irish poet and mythologist in the U.S.
10. Lester Willis ("Pres"; "Prez") 1909–59, U.S. jazz tenor saxophonist.
11. Owen D. 1874–1962, U.S. lawyer, industrialist, government administrator, and financier.
12. Stark, 1881–1963, U.S. drama critic, novelist, and playwright.
13. Thomas, 1773–1829, English physician, physicist, mathematician, and Egyptologist.
14. Whitney M., Jr. 1921–71, U.S. social worker and educator: executive director of the National Urban League 1961–71.

Idioms

1. with young, (of an animal) pregnant.

adjective

1. being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old:
2. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth.
3. of or relating to youth:
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:
7. being in an early stage generally, as of existence, progress, operation, development, or maturity; new; early:
8. representing or advocating recent or progressive tendencies, policies, or the like.

Origin of Young

before 900; Middle English yong(e), Old English geong; cognate with Dutch jong, German jung, Old Norse ungr, Gothic jungs; akin to Latin juvenis

Examples for Young

But my sources, my young women and their mother, heroically held firm.

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.

Since their meeting the young man had been her abject cavalier.

“The innocence of young people must be preserved at all costs,” said Glees.

Say, Myrtle, on the dead, he spends money just like a young Jew trying to be white!

I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.

The first two videos are teasers featuring two favorite cartoon characters for young girls, Dora the Explorer and Tinkerbell.

Well, I've got to take the madam and the young folks over to the Casino.

She was in a box with two men—one old and one young—and an older woman.

The young man stared at his mother until he had mastered her meaning.