Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
- n. A thoroughbred racehorse one year old dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled.
- adj. Being one year old.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A young beast one year old or in the second year of its age.
- n. Under racing and trotting rules, a horse one year old, dating from January 1st of the year of foaling.
- A year old; of a year's age, duration, or date: as, a yearling heifer.
Wiktionary
- n. An animal that is between one and two years old.
- n. A racehorse that is considered to be one year old until a subsequent January 1st.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses.
- adj. Being a year old.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a young child
- n. a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
- n. an animal in its second year
Etymologies
- year + -ling (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The value of Bandini, purchased for $500,000 as a yearling, is soaring.”
“The whooping and hollering of a 12 year old who just tagged his first deer was more excitement then many of us aged guys show on a Booner but most within hearing distance would have thot the yearling was the next record buck.”
“I am not sure if the yearling is a male or female, but typically female young stay close to their mothers and males go off on their own.”
“A standard price for a yearling was a plug of tobacco.”
“Moodie that his yearling was at P — 's, and that he would advise him to get it back as soon as possible.”
“He's a big, pretty horse," said Denali's Craig Bandoroff of this bay yearling, which is a half brother to grade I winner Mushka (by Empire Maker).”
“Star's David Greathouse of this dark bay or brown yearling, which is from the family of grade”
“He's a strongly-made, powerful colt that walks very well," said Lane's End's Mike Cline of this chestnut yearling, which is out of a grade II winner and is a half brother to the French group III-placed winner Emirates Dream (by Kingmambo).”
“He's a big, strong, well-made, impressive individual," said Gainesway's Michael Hernon of this bay yearling, which is out of a stakes winner.”
“Gainesway's Neil Howard of this bay yearling, which is out of an added-money winner.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yearling’.
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Cattle
cattle, cow, beef, steer, heifer, calf, bull, cattle call, Black Angus, Hereford, Holstein, Dwarf Lulu and 402 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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AGRI - horse breeding
driving, implement, Trot, speed, exhale, dope, obstacle, tail, plow, coloration, para, weaving and 678 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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How do you like Kipling?
Words which fit the joke format: "How do you like X-in(g)? I don't know, I've never X-ed".
kipling, duckling, fingerling, groundling, chickling, chitterling, changeling, gosling, yearling, hireling, inkling, quisling and 98 more...
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the omnibus
preponderance, idioglossia, acumen, heteronym, flux, anacoluthon, metonymy, impetus, constellation, exegesis, revelatory, cloistered and 877 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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Are we there yet?
These have some growing up to do.
colt, foal, kitten, cub, pup, heifer, larva, imago, veliger, trochophore, grub, maggot and 178 more...
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5-1
Hecko, words! Thanks for staying with me. :-)
avenue, viscous, zeroth, usher, scarcely, viability, snout, sole, purify, riotous, menace, moist and 364 more...
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adamantine, almond, alpenglow, amaranth, amaranthine, amaretto, amarelle, amethyst, anacampserote, ampersand, andromeda, anemone and 153 more...
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equestrian
paddock, canter, bridle, stirrup, colt, foal, stallion, filly, mare, gelding, weanling, yearling and 10 more...
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-ling
sapling, inkling, changeling, sheiling, quisling, seedling, darkling, starling, dwindling, darling, starveling, riesling and 6 more...
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Panaceaseless
Various concepts that might surround The Fountain of Youth.
yearling, revirescent, juvenescent, neanimorphism, horapthia, voice lift, paedomorphism, shunamitism, torschlusspanik, roborant, rejuvenation, ageless and 63 more...
Tweets
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dailyword There was a book named this. Sep 5, 2012