*young*

a. [ Compar. Younger superl. Youngest ] [ 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. juvaça, juvan. √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 ]

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 ]

adj. 1. (Zool.) being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- egg-producing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to female or androgynous.
Syn. -- male. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. “The elder shall serve the younger.” Rom. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; -- usually used postpositionally; as, Henry the younger.
Syn. -- jr. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Somewhat young. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. geongling. ] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. “More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. geonglic. ] Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a young manner; in the period of youth; early in life. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ignorantly; weakly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. An organization for promoting the spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical welfare of young men, founded, June 6, 1844, by George Williams (knighted therefor by Queen Victoria) in London. In 1851 it extended to the United States and Canada, and in 1855 representatives of similar organizations throughout Europe and America formed an international body. The movement has successfully expanded not only among young men in general, but also specifically among railroad men, in the army and navy, with provision for Indians and negroes, and a full duplication of all the various lines of oepration in the boys' departments. It currently (1998) maintains buildings which usually have both recreational facilities and dormitories for dwelling. It is usually called by its acronym YMCA. See also the similar organizations Young Women's Christian Association and YMHA. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being young. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A young person; a youngling; a lad. [ Colloq. ] “He felt himself quite a youngster, with a long life before him.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Youth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, youth; youthful. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A young human being; -- a contraction of young one. [ PJC ]