(of children and animals) young, immature

any immature animal

the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

characteristic of a lack of maturity

One who works at a particular occupation or activity, A member of a colony of social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, or termites, usually a sterile or sexually immature female but in termites an individual of either sex, that performs specialized work such as building the nest, collecting and storing food, and feeding other members of the colony, One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer

A large tub, vessel, or cistern, especially one for holding liquors in an immature state, as chemical preparations for dyeing or for tanning leather, A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States, a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids, verb_ transitive To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat, transitive verb_ To put into or treat in a vat

Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate, Physically weak; not hardly or able to endure hardship; immature; effeminate, Exciting kind concern; dear; precious, transitive verb_ (Law) To offer in payment or satisfaction of a demand, in order to save a penalty or forfeiture, To offer in words; to present for acceptance, obsolete To have a care of; to be tender toward; hence, to regard; to esteem; to value.

Characteristic of adolescence; immature_ synonym_ young, displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity, noun_ A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity