young girl

collocation in English

meaningsofyoungandgirl

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withgirl.
young
adjective
uk
/jʌŋ/
us
/jʌŋ/
having lived or existed for only a short time and ...
See more atyoung
girl
noun
uk
/ɡɜːl/
us
/ɡɝːl/
a female child or young woman, especially one still ...
See more atgirl

(Definition ofyoungandgirlfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofyoung girl

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Theyounggirlawakens him with great vigor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theyounggirlgoes back to the terrace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They describe ayounggirlwho uses ten different pronunciations of the word pen in one half-hour session.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, there was ayounggirlor boy who helped to look after the children or the animals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is, after all, an optical illusion, like theyounggirl-old woman picture.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The music, by contrast, reveals the identity of theyounggirlat the outset through this melodic citation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For one thing, shopkeepers, tradesmen, artisans, and others quite low down the social scale had servants, usually ayounggirlwho helped out generally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theyounggirlfavored the player with the driver who were talking to an old woman.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Ayounggirlswimmer was pulled unconscious from 12 ft. of water at the deep end of a public pool.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A male caretaker does not usually use khâ when conversing with ayounggirl.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theyounggirlfavored the driver of the player who was talking to an old woman.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the story, ayounggirlwas collecting firewood and, against her maternal grandmother's admonitions, took a short-cut home through a rocky canyon.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theyounggirlis married, or more exactly, exchanged against !
From theCambridge English Corpus
For example, the plate for the label infant included a baby, ayounggirl, a woman and an elderly lady which were all represented in the book.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But as ayounggirl, she cannot tell the difference between love and worship, and her idolatrous tendencies become the focus of her relationships with other characters.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theyounggirlhas disappeared.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofyoung
Go to the definition ofgirl
See other collocations withgirl