young Meaning and Definition

1. a. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

2. n. any immature animal

3. n. young people collectively

4. n. 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)

5. n. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

6. n. English poet (1683-1765)

7. n. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

8. n. 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)

9. n. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

10. n. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

11. s. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

12. s. not tried or tested by experience

13. s. being in its early stage

14. s. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh