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young   (TTS Sound)

The noun young has 9 senses

• young, offspring -- (any immature animal)


• Young, Loretta Young -- (United States film and television actress (1913-2000))


• Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr. -- (United States civil rights leader (1921-1971))


• Young, Thomas Young -- (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))


• Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young -- (United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959))


• Young, Edward Young -- (English poet (1683-1765))


• Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young -- (United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955))


• Young, Brigham Young -- (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))


• young, youth -- (young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt")

The adj young has 5 senses

• young, immature -- ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people")


• new, young -- ((of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn")


• youthful, vernal, young -- (suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age")


• young -- (being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young")


• unseasoned, untested, untried, young -- (not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing")