Young

Pronunciation: yŭng

a.

1.

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.

For he so young and tender was of age.

- Chaucer.

"Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever.

- Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2.

Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

While the fears of the people were young.

- De Foe.

3.

Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.

- Shak.

n.

1.

The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

[The egg] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young.

- Milton.

With young
with child; pregnant.

Noun	1.	young - any immature animal Synonyms: offspring
	2.	Young - United States film and television actress (1913-2000) Synonyms: Loretta Young
	3.	Young - United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) Synonyms: Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young
	4.	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) Synonyms: Thomas Young
	5.	Young - United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Synonyms: Lester Willis Young, Pres Young
	6.	Young - English poet (1683-1765) Synonyms: Edward Young
	7.	Young - United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) Synonyms: Cy Young, Danton True Young
	8.	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) Synonyms: Brigham Young
	9.	young - young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" Synonyms: youth Antonyms: aged - people who are old; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
Adj.	1.	young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" Synonyms: immature Antonyms: old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby'; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
	2.	young - (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" Synonyms: new

To see young people in your dream, symbolizes an end to your worries and a fresh outlook on life will be gained. It may also represent the younger aspect of you. To dream that you are young again, symbolizes your failed attempts to rectify past mistakes and lost opportunities.babies, babyhood, babyish, boyhood, boyish, brood, callow, childish, childkind, childlike, children, clutch, crude, dewy, ever-new, evergreen, farrow, firsthand, fledgling, florescent, flowering, fresh, fry, get, girlhood, girlish, green, hatch, infant, infantile, innocent, intact, issue, juvenal, juvenescent, kids, litter, little kids, little ones, maiden, maidenly, minor, naive, neoteric, nest, nestling, new, new generation, offspring, original, pristine, progeny, pubescent, puerile, raw, rising generation, sempervirent, small fry, sophomoric, spat, spawn, teenaged, tots, unbeaten, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, uninitiated, unpracticed, unripe, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unversed, vernal, virgin, virginal, young blood, young fry, young people, youngling, youth, youthlike, youthy

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