young
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1.0
- noun
- /jʌŋ/
- We commonly find two or more young of the year frolicking within a "playpen" formed by their mothers five to ten yards away.
Examples
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I'm going to help the young players achieve their dreams.
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Are they teaching their young how to hunt?
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No, it was a young girl I had.
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Turns out a young boy got the video.
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I am choosing to prioritize my young children this time.
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Socialization of the very young is one of the most potent forms of social control.
Academic text (1998) -
Tending the young takes a toll; males do not forage while caretaking, and so they lose about 15 percent of their body weight.
Academic text (2005) -
Along with lions, hyenas, and wild dogs, elephants are among the well-known savanna mammals that raise their young cooperatively.
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The zookeepers are dedicated to caring for the young of many species.
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The mother dog is very protective of her young puppies.
Synonyms
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A young person, usually a child
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A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter
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1.0
A very young child or animal that cannot walk and cannot talk yet
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1.0
A male who is a teenager or a young adult
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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1.0
A female person in her teens or twenties
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1.0
A girl or young woman in her teens to early twenties
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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3.0
A person's children or the young of animals and plants
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1.0
A young person, often a boy or young man
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1.0
A young animal like a dog or seal
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7.7
A young child
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3.9
A young person who is not yet an adult
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5.5
A young person who is new to a job
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9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
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5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
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1.2
A baby bird that is not yet an adult
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8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
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6.0
A young female cow that has not had a calf
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9.5
A young animal recently hatched or born
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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8.2
An attractive young woman often talked about in a kind way or as less grown-up
- Offensive
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9.9
A young person who is rude and thinks they know more than others
- Jargon
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9.9
A new person learning from an experienced teacher, often used jokingly from Star Wars
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9.2
A person in a Turkish reform group who wants to make the Ottoman Empire more modern and free
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word young comes from an old German word meaning 'recently born' or 'new' and is related to youth and German jung. That's why an animal's 'young' means its babies — they are newly born and not yet grown.