v. i. To yell; to yowl. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ Possess. Your r Yours dat. & obj. You. ] [ OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. √189. Cf. Your. ] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain you tell your parting lover
You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. “Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?” Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. “The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.” Addison. “Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.” Addison. “It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.” Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. “Your highness shall repose you at the tower.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The egg ] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

With young, with child; pregnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Younger superl. Youngest ] [ 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. juvaça, juvan. √281. Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Whom the gods love, die young, ” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the fears of the people were young. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Zool.) being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- egg-producing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to female or androgynous.
Syn. -- male. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. “The elder shall serve the younger.” Rom. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. Somewhat young. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. geongling. ] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. “More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ Possess. Your r Yours dat. & obj. You. ] [ OE. you, eou, eow, dat. & acc., AS. eów, used as dat. & acc. of ge, gē, ye; akin to OFries. iu, io, D. u, G. euch, OHG. iu, dat., iuwih, acc., Icel. yðr, dat. & acc., Goth. izwis; of uncertain origin. √189. Cf. Your. ] The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain you tell your parting lover
You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Though you is properly a plural, it is in all ordinary discourse used also in addressing a single person, yet properly always with a plural verb. “Are you he that hangs the verses on the trees, wherein Rosalind is so admired ?” Shak. You and your are sometimes used indefinitely, like we, they, one, to express persons not specified. “The looks at a distance like a new-plowed land; but as you come near it, you see nothing but a long heap of heavy, disjointed clods.” Addison. “Your medalist and critic are much nearer related than the world imagine.” Addison. “It is always pleasant to be forced to do what you wish to do, but what, until pressed, you dare not attempt.” Hook. You is often used reflexively for yourself of yourselves. “Your highness shall repose you at the tower.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To yell; to yowl. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The egg ] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

With young, with child; pregnant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Younger superl. Youngest ] [ 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. juvaça, juvan. √281. Cf. Junior, Juniper, Juvenile, Younker, Youth. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Whom the gods love, die young, ” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the fears of the people were young. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Zool.) being the sex that produces ova and carries the fetus to a point where it can live outside the parent; -- of animals. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- egg-producing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to female or androgynous.
Syn. -- male. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. “The elder shall serve the younger.” Rom. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. Somewhat young. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. geongling. ] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. “More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]