(yung) adjective young·er (yung′gər), young·est (yung′gist)
1. Being in the early period of life or growth; having existed a short or comparatively short time; not old.
2. Not having progressed far; newly formed: The day was young.
3. Pertaining to youth or early life.
4. Full of vigor or freshness.
5. Being without experience; immature.
6. Denoting the younger of two persons having the same name or title; junior.
7. Geol. Having the characteristics of an early stage in the geological cycle: said of a river or of certain land forms.
8. Radical or progressive in social or political aims: used with proper names: the Young Turks, Young Italy. See synonyms under FRESH, NEW, YOUTHFUL.
—noun
1. Young persons as a group; youth collectively.
2. Offspring, especially of animals.
—with young With child; pregnant. [OE geong]

(yung), Arthur Henry,
1866–1943, U. S. cartoonist.
—Brigham,
1801–77, U. S. Mormon leader.
—Edward,
1683–1765, English poet.
—Francis Brett,
1884–1954, English novelist.
—Mahonri Mackintosh,
1877–1957, U. S. sculptor.
—Owen D.,
1874–1962, U. S. lawyer and industrialist.
—Thomas,
1773–1829, English physicist.
—Whitney Moore, Jr.,
1921–1971, U. S. civil rights leader for Negroes.