Definition of young

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Young (superl.) 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..

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Proliferous :: Proliferous (a.) Producing young by budding.
Puisne :: Puisne (n.) One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; esp., a judge of inferior rank..
Pantisocracy :: Pantisocracy (n.) A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days..
Bassinet :: Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle..
Hoverer :: Hoverer (n.) A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
Foal :: Foal (v.i.) To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind..
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To bear; to endure; to put up with; to tolerate; as, young men can not brook restraint..
Hirling :: Hirling (n.) The young of the sea trout.
Lionet :: Lionet (n.) A young or small lion.
Youngger :: Youngger (n.) One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior.
Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..
Sumatran :: Sumach (n.) The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing..
Tick :: Tick (n.) Any one of numerous species of large parasitic mites which attach themselves to, and suck the blood of, cattle, dogs, and many other animals. When filled with blood they become ovate, much swollen, and usually livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) A young, thoughtless person..
Marcassin :: Marcassin (n.) A young wild boar.
Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) The young of the sheep.
Pout :: Pout (n.) The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl..
Youngster :: Youngster (n.) A young person; a youngling; a lad.
Chelidonius :: Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
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