young

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
2. adj. Newly begun or formed; not advanced: The evening is still young.
3. adj. Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age.
4. adj. Vigorous or fresh; youthful.
5. adj. Lacking experience; immature: a young hand at plowing.
6. adj. Being the junior of two people having the same name.
7. adj. Geology Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.
8. n. Young persons considered as a group; youth: entertainment for the young.
9. n. Offspring; brood: a lioness with her young.
10. idiom. with young Pregnant. Used of an animal.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In physical geography, exhibiting an early stage of the geographic cycle, when sculpture or dissection is not far advanced.
2. Being in the first or early stage of life; not long born; not yet arrived at maturity or full age; not old: said of animals: as, a young child; a young man; a young horse.
3. Being in the first or early stage of growth: as, a young plant; a young tree.
4. Being in the first or early part of existence generally; not yet far advanced, of long duration, or of full development; recent; newly come to pass or to be.
5. Having the appearance and freshness or vigor of youth; youthful in look or feeling; fresh; vigorous.
6. Having little experience; ignorant; raw; green.
7. Pertaining or relating to youth; spent or passed during youth; youthful: as, in his younger days he was very hot-headed.
8. Junior: applied to the younger of two persons, especially when they have the same name or title: as, young Mr. Thomas Ray called with a message from his father.
9. Newly or lately arrived.
10. n. Offspring collectively.

Wiktionary

1. adj. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
2. adj. As if young; having the look or qualities of a young person.
3. adj. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
4. adj. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
5. n. People who are young; young beings.
6. n. The younger generation.
7. n. Offspring.
8. v. To become or seem to become younger
9. v. To cause to appear younger
10. v. geology To exhibit younging

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals.
2. adj. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth.
3. adj. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
4. n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. not tried or tested by experience
2. adj. being in its early stage
3. 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)
4. n. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
5. adj. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
6. n. young people collectively
7. n. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
8. n. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
9. n. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
10. n. English poet (1683-1765)
11. n. any immature animal
12. adj. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
13. adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
14. 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)