--- title: Y — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 4 description: The 62 words of the English dictionary under Y, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / Y # Y — The English dictionary · page 4 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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past.[↗](../../yore/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In days of yore, knights rode out to fight dragons.[↗](../../yore/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Castles of yore had thick stone walls.[↗](../../yore/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa likes to tell stories of yore.[↗](../../yore/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The town still holds a fair, just as in days of yore.[↗](../../yore/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heroes of yore were remembered in songs.[↗](../../yore/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It sounds like something from the days of yore.[↗](../../yore/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../yore/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **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.[↗](../../york/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* York is most often heard in New York, a big city and a state in the USA.[↗](../../york/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* York is also part of other place names, like York in Canada (Toronto was once called York).[↗](../../york/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* York is a city in the north of England.[↗](../../york/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings called York «Jorvik».[↗](../../york/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked along the old walls of York.[↗](../../york/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · New York City is the biggest city in the USA.[↗](../../york/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Statue of Liberty is in New York.[↗](../../york/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · New York is also the name of a state.[↗](../../york/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin lives in New York and takes the subway.[↗](../../york/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Duke of York is a famous title in Britain.[↗](../../york/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Locke, and originally published in New York.[↗](../../york/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'The Path," 144, Madison Avenue, New York, U.S.A- (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../york/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Source: https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Sefer%20Yetzirah%20Gra%20Version?version=english%7CSefer+Yezirah%2C+trans.[↗](../../york/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") +by+Isidor+Kalisch.[↗](../../york/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") +New+York%2C+1877 Sefaria versionTitle: Sefer Yezirah, trans. by Isidor Kalisch.[↗](../../york/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../york/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · New York, 1877[↗](../../york/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · license: Public Domain[↗](../../york/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · versionSource: https://archive.org/details/sketchoftalmudwo02kali (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../york/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **you** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* You means the person or people someone is talking to.[↗](../../you/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* You can mean any person, people in general: «You should brush your teeth twice a day».[↗](../../you/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (casual) Many places have a plural «you»: «you guys» (USA), «y'all» (US South), «youse» (Ireland, Australia, NZ), «you lot» (UK).[↗](../../you/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) In texts «you» is «u» or «ya»: «c u l8r».[↗](../../you/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rude) «You» before a name-call makes an insult: «you idiot», «you git».[↗](../../you/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (formal) Exams avoid «you» and say «the candidate», «one», or use the passive.[↗](../../you/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* If a friend gives you more, you have more: add.[↗](../../you/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You have 8 pencils and give 3 away.[↗](../../you/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many do you have now?[↗](../../you/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you for the lovely present.[↗](../../you/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You should wear a helmet when you ride a bike.[↗](../../you/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is this your pencil?[↗](../../you/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you make this all by yourself?[↗](../../you/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · how many u got left?[↗](../../you/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Y'all want 2 tacos each?[↗](../../you/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Youse lot better share them 12 lollies fair.[↗](../../you/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · You idiot, you dropped 3 eggs\![↗](../../you/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Candidates are required to determine the number of pencils retained.[↗](../../you/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · You wish you had 10 cards\![↗](../../you/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she.[↗](../../you/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · one he-goat, to make atonement for you.[↗](../../you/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.28.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And after that he will let you go.[↗](../../you/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · I pray you give her unto him to wife.[↗](../../you/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · I have loved you, saith the LORD.[↗](../../you/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Who among you will give ear to this?[↗](../../you/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'[↗](../../you/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.23.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../you/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **young** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Young means having lived only a short time; not old.[↗](../../young/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Young can mean at an early stage, just begun: «The night is young».[↗](../../young/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a noun, an animal's young are its babies.[↗](../../young/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My little brother is too young to go to school.[↗](../../young/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the youngest in our class.[↗](../../young/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A kangaroo carries its young in a pouch.[↗](../../young/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa says he feels young when he plays football.[↗](../../young/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Young children must hold an adult's hand near roads.[↗](../../young/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia is two years younger than her cousin.[↗](../../young/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds bring worms to feed their young.[↗](../../young/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The young tree has thin branches.[↗](../../young/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you see the young lady?"[↗](../../young/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering; (Torah NUM.7.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.[↗](../../young/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter.[↗](../../young/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, (Writings JOB.38.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherewithal shall a young man keep his way pure?[↗](../../young/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Both young men and maidens, old men and children; (Writings PSA.148.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../young/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **younger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else.[↗](../../younger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger».[↗](../../younger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Anna is 2 years younger than Tom.[↗](../../younger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ben is 8, and his brother is 3 years younger.[↗](../../younger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How much younger is Lily than Sam?[↗](../../younger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My younger brother is in Year 1.[↗](../../younger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When I was younger, I was scared of dogs.[↗](../../younger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the youngest in her family.[↗](../../younger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Puppies are younger dogs.[↗](../../younger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Younger children must hold an adult's hand near the road.[↗](../../younger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "We won't let the younger marry before her elders."[↗](../../younger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'[↗](../../younger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Laban said: 'It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.[↗](../../younger/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.29.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.[↗](../../younger/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.19.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.[↗](../../younger/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.[↗](../../younger/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.30.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../younger/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../younger/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **youngster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A young person, often a child or a teenager.[↗](../../youngster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The youngster ran to the pond.[↗](../../youngster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Stop shaking, youngster," said the old man.[↗](../../youngster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The youngsters played football in the park.[↗](../../youngster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall we take the youngster with us?[↗](../../youngster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **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.[↗](../../youth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A youth is a young man or teenager.[↗](../../youth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The youth means young people as a group.[↗](../../youth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Youth also means being young: freshness and energy.[↗](../../youth/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa played football in his youth.[↗](../../youth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother goes to the youth club on Fridays.[↗](../../youth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She plays for the under-twelves youth team.[↗](../../youth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A youth helped the old lady carry her bags.[↗](../../youth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The youth of the town planted trees in the park.[↗](../../youth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed in a youth hostel on our trip.[↗](../../youth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The youth told him everything precisely.[↗](../../youth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.'[↗](../../youth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../youth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 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)[↗](../../youth/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 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.[↗](../../youth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../youth/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.[↗](../../youth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../youth/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, my trust from my youth.[↗](../../youth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.71.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../youth/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.[↗](../../youth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../youth/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **youthful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Young, or full of the energy, hope and spirit of being young.[↗](../../youthful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He had a youthful face.[↗](../../youthful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her youthful eyes sparkled with joy.[↗](../../youthful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They made a youthful mistake.[↗](../../youthful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The youthful prince was keen to explore.[↗](../../youthful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **yr** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* "yr" is a short written form of "year", as in "a 5 yr old".[↗](../../yr/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, texting) "yr" can be a short way to write "your" or "you're" in quick messages.[↗](../../yr/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In Welsh, "yr" means "the".[↗](../../yr/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My sister is in Yr 6.[↗](../../yr/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign said "Ages 3 yrs and up".[↗](../../yr/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tree grows about 30 cm per yr.[↗](../../yr/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yr 2 went to the zoo on Friday.[↗](../../yr/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The table shows how many books each yr group read.[↗](../../yr/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Is this yr bag?" she texted.[↗](../../yr/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A 10 yr old can ride this ride.[↗](../../yr/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Speed limits do not change from yr to yr here.[↗](../../yr/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 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").[↗](../../yr/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **yuan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The yuan is the money of China; one yuan is divided into ten jiao or a hundred fen.[↗](../../yuan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *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.[↗](../../yuan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *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.[↗](../../yuan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bowl of noodles cost twenty yuan in Beijing.[↗](../../yuan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The yuan is the money used in China.[↗](../../yuan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If one pound buys nine yuan, how many yuan do you get for five pounds?[↗](../../yuan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad brought back some yuan notes with Mao's face on them.[↗](../../yuan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kublai Khan started the Yuan dynasty.[↗](../../yuan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Marco Polo is said to have visited China during the Yuan dynasty.[↗](../../yuan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She paid with her phone, not with yuan coins.[↗](../../yuan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sign showed the price in yuan.[↗](../../yuan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **yucky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Very unpleasant or disgusting, especially to taste, touch or look at.[↗](../../yucky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This medicine tastes yucky.[↗](../../yucky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My shoes are covered in yucky mud.[↗](../../yucky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Yucky!» said my brother when he saw the slug.[↗](../../yucky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cafeteria soup was the yuckiest ever.[↗](../../yucky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sprouts aren't yucky if you roast them.[↗](../../yucky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands after touching anything yucky.[↗](../../yucky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **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.[↗](../../yule/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sang carols at yule.[↗](../../yule/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The family lit a yule log in the hearth.[↗](../../yule/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Yule was a time of feasts.[↗](../../yule/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An old man chopped yule logs in the yard.[↗](../../yule/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **yummy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Yummy means tasting very good; delicious.[↗](../../yummy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Yummy can mean very attractive or pleasant.[↗](../../yummy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This chocolate cake is yummy\![↗](../../yummy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Yummy, pancakes for breakfast\![↗](../../yummy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup smells yummy.[↗](../../yummy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That was the yummiest pizza ever.[↗](../../yummy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma makes yummy apple pie.[↗](../../yummy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Yum yum,» said the baby.[↗](../../yummy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fruit can be healthy and yummy.[↗](../../yummy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/3/) **4** - ← previous: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/page/3/) - next →: [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)