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Words with a similar base: young

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[young.n.01] as in: any immature animal

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[young.n.02] as in: United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

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[young.n.03] as in: United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

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[young.n.04] as in: 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)

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[young.n.05] as in: United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

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[young.n.06] as in: English poet (1683-1765)

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[young.n.07] as in: United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

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[young.n.08] as in: 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)

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[young.n.09] as in: young people collectively

Examples:
rock music appeals to the young
youth everywhere rises in revolt

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[young.a.01] as in: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

Examples:
young people

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[new.s.08] as in: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

Examples:
new potatoes
young corn

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[youthful.s.01] as in: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

Examples:
he is young for his age

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[young.s.03] as in: being in its early stage

Examples:
a young industry
the day is still young

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[unseasoned.s.02] as in: not tried or tested by experience

Examples:
unseasoned artillery volunteers
still untested in battle
an illustrator untried in mural painting
a young hand at plowing

Origins

					young (English)
└── yong (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── geong (Old English (ca. 450-1100))