Younger

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Young \Young\ (y[u^]ng), a. [Compar. {Younger}
     (y[u^][ng]"g[~e]r); superl. {Youngest} (-g[e^]st).] [OE.
     yung, yong, [yogh]ong, [yogh]ung, AS. geong; akin to OFries.
     iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. &
     Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L.
     juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva[,c]a, juvan. [root]281. Cf.


     {Junior}, {Juniper}, {Juvenile}, {Younker}, {Youth}.]
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     1. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet
        arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old;
        juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young
        man; a young fawn.
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              For he so young and tender was of age. --Chaucer.
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              "Whom the gods love, die young," has been too long
              carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live
              young forever.                        --Mrs. H. H.
                                                    Jackson.
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     2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young
        plant; a young tree.
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              While the fears of the people were young. --De Foe.
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     3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed;
        ignorant; weak.
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              Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in
              this.                                 --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Younger \Young"er\, n.
     One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. "The elder
     shall serve the younger." --Rom. ix. 12.
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     2. Used of the younger of two persons of the same name
        especially used to distinguish a son from his father; --
        usually used postpositionally; as, Henry the younger.
  
     Syn: jr.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  young
       adj 1: (used of living things especially persons) in an early
              period of life or development or growth; "young
              people" [syn: {immature}] [ant: {old}]
       2: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
          before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
          [syn: {new}]
       n 1: any immature animal [syn: {offspring}]
       2: United States film and television actress (1913-2000) [syn:
          {Loretta Young}]
       3: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) [syn: {Whitney
          Young}, {Whitney Moore Young Jr.}]
       4: 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) [syn: {Thomas Young}]
       5: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) [syn: {Pres
          Young}, {Lester Willis Young}]
       6: English poet (1683-1765) [syn: {Edward Young}]
       7: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
          [syn: {Cy Young}, {Danton True Young}]
       8: 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)
          [syn: {Brigham Young}]
       9: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
          young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: {youth}]
          [ant: {aged}]
       [also: {youngest}, {younger}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  younger
       adj 1: younger brother or sister; "little brother" [syn: {little(a)}]
              [ant: {big(a)}]
       2: used of the younger of two persons of the same name
          especially used to distinguish a son from his father;
          "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr." [syn: {jr.}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  younger
       See {young}