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 yuhng

  • n  any immature animal
  • n  United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
  • n  United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
  • n  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)
  • n  United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
  • n  English poet (1683-1765)
  • n  United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
  • n  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)
  • n  young people collectively
    rock music appeals to the young
  • a  (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
    young people
  • s  (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
    young corn
  • s  suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
    he is young for his age
  • s  being in its early stage
    a young industry
    the day is still young
  • s  not tried or tested by experience
    a young hand at plowing

  • Shopping with precision and steeped in style, a typical teen shows why lords of commerce follow young ladies.
  • That spunky attitude has turned the young entertainer into an unlikely cause clbre for South Korea's growing women's rights movement.
  • Why are today's girls and young women, who are also getting arrested more and doing more drugs, behaving more like boys in so many reckless ways?.
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  • Tomas Berdych in Sify
    The feeling is absolutely amazing. It is really tough to describe. Every young kid, from the first time he hits the ball and thinks to be a tennis player, this is the dream to be in the final of any Grand Slam,Berdych said.
  • Osama bin Laden in Washington Post
    So there is a huge difference between the path of the kings, presidents and hypocritical Ulama (Islamic scholars) and the path of these noble young men,like al-Shehri, bin Laden said. "The formers' lot is to spoil and enjoy themselves...
  • Fabian Cancellara in The Associated Press
    Sprints are never easy,Cancellara said. "They're psychologically very hard. Today, we saw a nice thing: After all the buzz around him — the young sprinter, the big mouth and all that — he's a real sprinter."

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