Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
Example: The young of today are well-educated.
Definition: Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
Example: The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
Definition: (possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
verb
Definition: To become or seem to become younger.
Definition: To cause to appear younger.
Definition: To exhibit younging.
adjective
Definition: In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
Example: a lamb is a young sheep; these picture books are for young readers
Definition: At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
Example: the age of space travel is still young; a young business
Definition: (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
Example: How young is your dog? Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
Definition: Junior (of two related people with the same name).
Definition: (of a decade of life) Early.
Definition: Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
Example: My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
Definition: Of or belonging to the early part of life.
Example: The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
Definition: Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.