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young

verb

  1. of a geological structure or formation, to present the apparently younger side (in a specified direction)
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proper noun

  1. family name
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adjective

  1. not old
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /jʌŋ/ / /jʊŋɡ/ / /jʊŋ/

adj

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

  1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

    “a lamb is a young sheep”

    “these picture books are for young readers”

  2. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

    “the age of space travel is still young”

    “a young business”

  3. advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

    “And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.”

    “How young is your dog?”

  4. Junior (of two related people with the same name).

    “The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.”

  5. Early (of a decade of life).

    “1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41, […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.”

    “Ephraim would be in his young thirties.”

  6. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

    “Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.”

    “My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.”

  7. Of or belonging to the early part of life.

    “The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.”

  8. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

    “Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.”

name

Etymology: * As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon. * As a Chinese surname, from the following: ** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung. ** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh. ** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

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noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

  1. Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

    “The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.”

    “The lion's young are curious about the world around them.”

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

  1. To become or seem to become younger.

    “The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger).”

  2. To cause to appear younger.

    “Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census.”

  3. To exhibit younging.

    “Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces.”

    “The existence of magmatic belts younging northward implies that slabs of Asian mantle subducted one after another under ranges north of the Himalayas.”