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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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Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..

Wood-layer :: Wood-layer (n.) A young oak, or other timber plant, laid down in a hedge among the whitethorn or other plants used in hedges..

Foremilk :: Foremilk (n.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum..

Suspensoria :: Suspensor (n.) The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.

Oligotokous :: Oligotokous (a.) Producing few young.

Fetiferous :: Fetiferous (a.) Producing young, as animals..

Elder :: Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..

Peep :: Peep (n.) The cry of a young chicken; a chirp.

Fetus :: Fetus (n.) The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages..

Jade :: Jade (n.) A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

Basioccipital :: Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young..

Prolifical :: Prolifical (a.) Producing young or fruit abundantly; fruitful; prolific.

Seeing :: Seeing (conj. (but originally a present participle)) In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young..

Altrices :: Altrices (n. pl.) Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed to praecoces..

Teem :: Teem (v. i.) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply..

Bub :: Bub (n.) A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy.

Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

Mewl :: Mewl (v. i.) To cry, as a young child; to squall..

Fruit :: Fruit (v. t.) The produce of animals; offspring; young; as, the fruit of the womb, of the loins, of the body..

Steer :: Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox..