📖 Y — The English dictionary · page 4

yore — Everyday, meaning 1: Yore means long ago; "days of yore" means the old days, times long past.↗ Example: In days of yore, knights rode out to fight dragons.↗ · Castles of yore had thick stone walls.↗ · Grandpa likes to tell stories of yore.↗ · The town still holds a fair, just as in days of yore.↗ · Heroes of yore were remembered in songs.↗ · It sounds like something from the days of yore.↗ · As Mr. Darling puts his head out to kiss his wife, we see that his face is more worn than of yore, but has a softer expression.↗

york — Everyday, meaning 1: York is an old city in the north of England, famous for its walls, its cathedral (York Minster) and the Vikings.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: York is most often heard in New York, a big city and a state in the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: York is also part of other place names, like York in Canada (Toronto was once called York).↗ Example: York is a city in the north of England.↗ · The Vikings called York «Jorvik».↗ · We walked along the old walls of York.↗ · New York City is the biggest city in the USA.↗ · The Statue of Liberty is in New York.↗ · New York is also the name of a state.↗ · My cousin lives in New York and takes the subway.↗ · The Duke of York is a famous title in Britain.↗ · Locke, and originally published in New York.↗ · 'The Path," 144, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.↗ +by+Isidor+Kalisch.↗ +New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · New York, 1877↗ · license: Public Domain↗ · versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

you — Everyday, meaning 1: You means the person or people someone is talking to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: You can mean any person, people in general: «You should brush your teeth twice a day».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (casual) Many places have a plural «you»: «you guys» (USA), «y'all» (US South), «youse» (Ireland, Australia, NZ), «you lot» (UK).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) In texts «you» is «u» or «ya»: «c u l8r».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (rude) «You» before a name-call makes an insult: «you idiot», «you git».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (formal) Exams avoid «you» and say «the candidate», «one», or use the passive.↗ Example: If a friend gives you more, you have more: add.↗ · You have 8 pencils and give 3 away.↗ How many do you have now?↗ · Thank you for the lovely present.↗ · You should wear a helmet when you ride a bike.↗ · Is this your pencil?↗ · Did you make this all by yourself?↗ · how many u got left?↗ · Y'all want 2 tacos each?↗ · Youse lot better share them 12 lollies fair.↗ · You idiot, you dropped 3 eggs!↗ · Candidates are required to determine the number of pencils retained.↗ · You wish you had 10 cards!↗ · "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she.↗ · one he-goat, to make atonement for you.↗ (Torah NUM.28.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And after that he will let you go.↗ (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917)↗ · I pray you give her unto him to wife.↗ (Torah GEN.34.8, JPS 1917)↗ · I have loved you, saith the LORD.↗ (Prophets MAL.1.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Who among you will give ear to this?↗ (Prophets ISA.42.23, JPS 1917)↗ · I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'↗ (Prophets JER.23.33, JPS 1917)↗

young — Everyday, meaning 1: Young means having lived only a short time; not old.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Young can mean at an early stage, just begun: «The night is young».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a noun, an animal's young are its babies.↗ Example: My little brother is too young to go to school.↗ · She is the youngest in our class.↗ · A kangaroo carries its young in a pouch.↗ · Grandpa says he feels young when he plays football.↗ · Young children must hold an adult's hand near roads.↗ · Mia is two years younger than her cousin.↗ · Birds bring worms to feed their young.↗ · The young tree has thin branches.↗ · Did you see the young lady?"↗ · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.↗ (Torah GEN.9.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter.↗ (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917)↗ · Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?↗ (Writings PSA.119.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Both young men and maidens, old men and children; (Writings PSA.148.12, JPS 1917)↗

younger — Everyday, meaning 1: Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger».↗ Example: Anna is 2 years younger than Tom.↗ · Ben is 8, and his brother is 3 years younger.↗ · How much younger is Lily than Sam?↗ · My younger brother is in Year 1.↗ · When I was younger, I was scared of dogs.↗ · She is the youngest in her family.↗ · Puppies are younger dogs.↗ · Younger children must hold an adult's hand near the road.↗ · "We won't let the younger marry before her elders."↗ · And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'↗ (Torah GEN.29.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.↗ (Torah GEN.29.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.↗ (Torah GEN.19.35, JPS 1917)↗ · And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.↗ (Prophets JDG.1.13, JPS 1917)↗ · But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.↗ (Writings JOB.30.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And thine elder sister is Samaria, that dwelleth at thy left hand, she and her daughters; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.46, JPS 1917)↗

youngster — Everyday, meaning 1: A young person, often a child or a teenager.↗ Example: The youngster ran to the pond.↗ · "Stop shaking, youngster," said the old man.↗ · The youngsters played football in the park.↗ · Shall we take the youngster with us?↗

youth — Everyday, meaning 1: Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A youth is a young man or teenager.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The youth means young people as a group.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Youth also means being young: freshness and energy.↗ Example: Grandpa played football in his youth.↗ · My brother goes to the youth club on Fridays.↗ · She plays for the under-twelves youth team.↗ · A youth helped the old lady carry her bags.↗ · The youth of the town planted trees in the park.↗ · We stayed in a youth hostel on our trip.↗ · The youth told him everything precisely.↗ · And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.'↗ (Torah NUM.11.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, (Torah NUM.30.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.↗ (Torah GEN.43.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.↗ (Writings JOB.36.14, JPS 1917)↗ · For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, my trust from my youth.↗ (Writings PSA.71.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.↗ (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917)↗

youthful — Everyday, meaning 1: Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young.↗ Example: He had a youthful face.↗ · Her youthful eyes sparkled with joy.↗ · They made a youthful mistake.↗ · The youthful prince was keen to explore.↗

yr — Everyday, meaning 1: "yr" is a short written form of "year", as in "a 5 yr old".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, texting) "yr" can be a short way to write "your" or "you're" in quick messages.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In Welsh, "yr" means "the".↗ Example: My sister is in Yr 6.↗ · The sign said "Ages 3 yrs and up".↗ · The tree grows about 30 cm per yr.↗ · Yr 2 went to the zoo on Friday.↗ · The table shows how many books each yr group read.↗ · "Is this yr bag?" she texted.↗ · A 10 yr old can ride this ride.↗ · Speed limits do not change from yr to yr here.↗ · It was also utilised as a proverb: "Yr wy'n edivaru cymmaint a'r Gwr a laddodd ei Vilgi" ("I repent as much as the man who slew his greyhound").↗

yuan — Everyday, meaning 1: The yuan is the money of China; one yuan is divided into ten jiao or a hundred fen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Yuan (with a capital Y) was a dynasty, a family of rulers, that ruled China, started by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Mandarin, pinyin) «yuán» also means «round» or «first, original» in Chinese; as money it sounds like «yoo-AN» to an English ear.↗ Example: A bowl of noodles cost twenty yuan in Beijing.↗ · The yuan is the money used in China.↗ · If one pound buys nine yuan, how many yuan do you get for five pounds?↗ · Grandad brought back some yuan notes with Mao's face on them.↗ · Kublai Khan started the Yuan dynasty.↗ · Marco Polo is said to have visited China during the Yuan dynasty.↗ · She paid with her phone, not with yuan coins.↗ · The shop sign showed the price in yuan.↗

yucky — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch or look at.↗ Example: This medicine tastes yucky.↗ · My shoes are covered in yucky mud.↗ · «Yucky!» said my brother when he saw the slug.↗ · The cafeteria soup was the yuckiest ever.↗ · Sprouts aren't yucky if you roast them.↗ · Wash your hands after touching anything yucky.↗

yule — Everyday, meaning 1: The old name for the Christmas season, and the festival of Christmas itself; a yule log is a large log burned at Christmas.↗ Example: We sang carols at yule.↗ · The family lit a yule log in the hearth.↗ · Yule was a time of feasts.↗ · An old man chopped yule logs in the yard.↗

yummy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Yummy means tasting very good; delicious.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Yummy can mean very attractive or pleasant.↗ Example: This chocolate cake is yummy!↗ · Yummy, pancakes for breakfast!↗ · The soup smells yummy.↗ · That was the yummiest pizza ever.↗ · Grandma makes yummy apple pie.↗ · «Yum yum,» said the baby.↗ · Fruit can be healthy and yummy.↗