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1. (noun) young, offspring
any immature animal

2. (noun) Young, Loretta Young
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

3. (noun) Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

4. (noun) Young, Thomas Young
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)

5. (noun) Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Young
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

6. (noun) Young, Edward Young
English poet (1683-1765)

7. (noun) Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

8. (noun) Young, Brigham Young
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)

9. (adj) young, youth
young people collectively
"rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

10. (adj) young, immature
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
"young people"

11. (adj) new, young
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
"new potatoes"; "young corn"

12. (adj) youthful, vernal, young
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
"he is young for his age"

13. (adj) young
being in its early stage
"a young industry"; "the day is still young"

14. (adj) unseasoned, untested, untried, young
not tried or tested by experience
"unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

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