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Meaning of young

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  young
      adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
             period of life or development or growth; "young people"
             [syn: {young}, {immature}] [ant: {old}]
      2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before
         complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" [syn: {new},
         {young}]
      3: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his
         age" [syn: {youthful}, {vernal}, {young}]
      4: being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is
         still young"
      5: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery
         volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator
         untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn:
         {unseasoned}, {untested}, {untried}, {young}]
      n 1: any immature animal [syn: {young}, {offspring}]
      2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn:
         {Young}, {Loretta Young}]
      3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: {Young},
         {Whitney Young}, {Whitney Moore Young Jr.}]
      4: 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) [syn:
         {Young}, {Thomas Young}]
      5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn:
         {Young}, {Pres Young}, {Lester Willis Young}]
      6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: {Young}, {Edward Young}]
      7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
         [syn: {Young}, {Cy Young}, {Danton True Young}]
      8: 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) [syn: {Young},
         {Brigham Young}]
      9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young";
         "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: {young}, {youth}]
         [ant: {aged}, {elderly}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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