<B>ye</B> (1), pronoun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) you. <BR> <I>Ex. If ye are thirsty, drink.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="ye">
<B>ye</B> (2),<DL COMPACT><DD> (definite article.) an old way of writing the definite article "the." </DL>
<A NAME="yea">
<B>yea, </B>adverb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>yes (used in agreeing with or assenting to something). <DD><B> 2. </B>indeed; truly (used to introduce a sentence or clause). <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) not only that, but also; moreover. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an affirmative answer. <DD><B> 2. </B>a vote or voter in favor of something. </DL>
<A NAME="yeah">
<B>yeah, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) yes. <BR> <I>Ex. "Yeah, that's right," said Buster (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yean">
<B>yean, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a sheep or goat) to bring forth (young). </DL>
<A NAME="yeanling">
<B>yeanling, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the young of a sheep or goat; lamb or kid. <DD><I>adj. </I> very young or newborn. </DL>
<A NAME="year">
<B>year, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>12 months or 365 days; January 1 to December 31. Leap year has 366 days. <DD><B> 2. </B>12 months reckoned from any point. <BR> <I>Ex. I will see you again a year from today. A fiscal year is a period of 12 months at the end of which the accounts of a government, business, or the like, are balanced.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the part of a year spent in a certain activity. <BR> <I>Ex. Our school year is 9 months.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the period of the earth's revolution around the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. The solar or astronomical year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 seconds.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the time in which any planet completes its revolution around the sun. <DD><B> 6. </B>the time it takes for the sun to make an apparent journey from a given star back to it again. <BR> <I>Ex. The sidereal year is 20 minutes, 23 seconds longer than the solar year.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>12 lunar months, about 354 days long (lunar year). <DD><B> 8. </B>a class or grade of a school or college. <BR> <I>Ex. He is in his sophomore year.</I> <DD> (Abbr:) yr. <BR><I>expr. <B>a year and a day,</B> </I>(Law.) a period constituting a term for certain purposes, in order to insure that a full year is completed. <BR> <I>Ex. They shall lose the rights to the estate if they do not claim it within a year and a day of the death of the testator.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>stricken in years,</B> </I>advanced in years; old. <BR> <I>Ex. A man well stricken in years (Anthony Trollope).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>year after year,</B> </I>every year. <BR> <I>Ex. Winter fades into spring year after year.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>year by year,</B> </I>with each succeeding year; as years go by. <BR> <I>Ex. Be it your fortune, year by year, the same resource to prove (William Cowper).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>year in,</B> (<B>and</B>) <B>year out,</B> </I>always; continuously. <BR> <I>Ex. You see other girls having splendid times, while you grind, grind, year in and year out (Louisa May Alcott).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>years,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>age (of a person). </I> <I>Ex. young in years but old in experience, I hope to live to your years.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a very long time. <BR> <I>Ex. I haven't seen him in years.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>age; period; times. <BR> <I>Ex. years of prosperity.</I> <DD><B> d. </B>(Archaic.) old age. <BR> <I>Ex. a man of (or in) years.</I> </DL>
<B>yearbook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a book or a report published every year. Yearbooks often report facts of the year. The graduating class of a school or college usually publishes a yearbook, with pictures of its members. </DL>
<A NAME="yearbyyear">
<B>year-by-year, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> from one year to another; with each succeeding year. </DL>
<A NAME="yearend">
<B>year-end, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the end of the year. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a stock dividend given at the end of the year. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or at the end of the year. </DL>
<A NAME="yearling">
<B>yearling, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an animal one year old. <BR> <I>Ex. Rustlers work in late fall and winter to pick up yearlings missed by the branding iron at roundup (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a race horse in the second calendar year since it was foaled. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) a cadet in the second year at a military academy. <DD><I>adj. </I> one year old. <BR> <I>Ex. a yearling colt.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yearlong">
<B>yearlong, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lasting for a year. <DD><B> 2. </B>lasting for years. </DL>
<A NAME="yearly">
<B>yearly, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>once a year; in every year. <BR> <I>Ex. He takes a yearly trip to the mountains from his home in the city.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>lasting a year. <BR> <I>Ex. The earth makes a yearly revolution around the sun.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>for a year. <BR> <I>Ex. He is paid a yearly salary of $6,000.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> once a year; in every year; annually. <BR> <I>Ex. That company sends out new calendars to its customers yearly.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yearn">
<B>yearn, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to feel a strong desire or longing; desire earnestly. <BR> <I>Ex. He yearns for home.</I> (SYN) hanker, pine. <DD><B> 2. </B>to feel pity; have tender feelings. <BR> <I>Ex. Her kind heart yearned for the starving, homeless children.</I> (SYN) mourn, commiserate. </DL>
<B>yearning, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an earnest or strong desire; longing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being moved with compassion. <DD><I>adj. </I> that yearns. adv. <B>yearningly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="yearofgrace">
<B>year of grace,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a particular year of the Christian Era. <BR> <I>Ex. He departed the thirteenth of February in the year of grace 1163 (Richard Knolles).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yearround">
<B>year-round, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> throughout the year. <BR> <I>Ex. year-round residents.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yearrounder">
<B>year-rounder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who lives in a place all year long. </DL>
<A NAME="years">
<B>years, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>year.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="yeartoyear">
<B>year-to-year, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> occurring or done from year to year. </DL>
<A NAME="yeasay">
<B>yeasay, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to say yea (to); assent; agree; vote in the affirmative. noun <B>yeasayer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="yeast">
<B>yeast, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the substance that causes dough for most kinds of bread to rise and that causes beer to ferment. Yeast consists of very small single-celled plants that grow quickly in a liquid containing sugar. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=yeast plant.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=yeast cake.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) an influence, element, or the like, that acts as a leaven. <DD><B> 5. </B>foam; froth. (SYN) spume. <DD><B> 6. </B>fermentation; agitation. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to ferment; be covered with froth. adj. <B>yeastlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="yeastbread">
<B>yeast bread,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> bread baked with yeast. </DL>
<A NAME="yeastcake">
<B>yeast cake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> flour or meal mixed with yeast and pressed into a small cake. </DL>
<A NAME="yeastiness">
<B>yeastiness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being yeasty. </DL>
<A NAME="yeastplant">
<B>yeast plant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of minute, one-celled, ascomycetous fungi, which produce alcoholic fermentation in saccharine fluids. </DL>
<A NAME="yeasty">
<B>yeasty, </B>adjective, <B>yeastier,</B> <B>yeastiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of, containing, or resembling yeast. <DD><B> 2. </B>frothy or foamy. <BR> <I>Ex. yeasty waves.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) light or trifling; frivolous. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] writes what is probably the yeastiest scandal column printed anywhere (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yeatsian">
<B>Yeatsian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) or his writings. <BR> <I>Ex. Yeatsian lyricism.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="yecch">
<B>yecch, </B>interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) an exclamation of disgust. <BR> <I>Ex. "You ask a guy today how the economy will be in three weeks and he'll say 'Yecch!'" (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<B>yeggman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B> <B>=yegg.</B></DL>
<A NAME="yeld">
<B>yeld, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(of an animal) not able to bear young. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of cattle) not yielding milk; dry. Also, <B>yell.</B> </DL>
<B>yell</B> (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to cry out with a strong, loud sound. <BR> <I>Ex. He yelled with pain.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to say with a yell. <BR> <I>Ex. We yelled our good-bye to our friends as the bus moved away.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a strong, loud outcry. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a special shout or cheer, used by a school or college to encourage its sports team. noun <B>yeller.</B> </DL>
<B>yellow, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons. <DD><B> 2. </B>a yellow pigment, dye, fabric, or other substance or object. <DD><B> 3. </B>the yolk of an egg. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>having a yellow color. <DD><B> 2a. </B>having a yellowish skin, as the Mongolians do. <DD><B> b. </B>of the Mongolian race. <DD><B> 3. </B>jealous, envious. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal, Figurative.) cowardly. <DD><B> 5. </B>characterized by sensational or lurid writing or presentation of the news. <BR> <I>Ex. yellow journalism, the yellow press.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to turn or become yellow. <BR> <I>Ex. Buttercups yellowed the field (v.t.).</I> adv. <B>yellowly.</B> noun <B>yellowness.</B> </DL>
