young : Idioms & Phrases

agrippina the younger

noun wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
Agrippina.

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brigham young

noun 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)
Young.

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cy young

noun United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Cy Young; Young.

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cyrus the younger

noun Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
Cyrus.

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danton true young

noun United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Cy Young; Young.

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edward young

noun English poet (1683-1765)
Young.

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have young

verb birth
calve.
- the whales calve at this time of year

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holbein the younger

noun German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
Holbein; Hans Holbein.

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lester willis young

noun United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Lester Willis Young; Young.

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loretta young

noun United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
Young.

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pitt the younger

noun English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806)
Pitt; Second Earl of Chatham; William Pitt.

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pliny the younger

noun Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; Pliny.

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pres young

noun United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Lester Willis Young; Young.

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sir james young simpson

noun Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
Simpson.

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strauss the younger

noun Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)
Johann Strauss; Strauss.

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thomas young

noun 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)
Young.

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whitney moore young jr.

noun United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Whitney Moore Young Jr.; Young.

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whitney young

noun United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Whitney Moore Young Jr.; Young.

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With young

with child; pregnant.

Webster 1913

young bird

noun a bird that is still young

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young buck

noun a teenager or a young adult male
young buck.

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young carnivore

noun the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
cub.

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young fish

noun a fish that is young

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young girl

noun a girl or young woman who is unmarried
jeune fille; lass; lassie.

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young lady

noun a young woman
fille; missy; girl; miss; young lady.
- a young lady of 18

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young mammal

noun any immature mammal

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young man

noun a teenager or a young adult male
young buck.
noun a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
swain; beau; fellow; boyfriend.
- if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked

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young person

noun a young person (especially a young man or boy)
youth; spring chicken; younker.

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young turk

noun a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule
noun a young radical who agitates for reform

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young woman

noun a young woman
fille; missy; girl; miss; young lady.
- a young lady of 18

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young's modulus

noun a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire

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young-bearing

adjective satellite capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring
egg-producing.

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young-begetting

adjective satellite capable of fathering offspring

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