Young

a. [compar. YOUNGER; superl. YOUNGEST.]

[O. Eng. yong, A-S. geóng, giúng, iung, O. Sax. iung, O. Fries. iung, ióng, D. jong, L. Ger., O. & M. H. Ger. junc, N. H. Ger. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, for juhs, juhis, allied to Lat. juvenis, Skr. yuvan, Per. (djowān.)]

1Sense 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.

2Sense 2. Being in the first part of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

3Sense 3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Come, elder brother, thou'rt too young in this. Shak.

n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

The eggs disclosed their callow young. Milton.

With young, with child; pregnant.