keep at distance (verb) fend off: keep at bay
Sinonime: bosky, budding, burgeoning,
callow, developing,
flourishing, foliate, fresh, grassy, growing, half-formed,
immature, infant,
juvenile, leafy,
lush, maturing,
pliable,
puerile, pullulating,
raw,
recent, sprouting,
supple,
tender, undecayed, undried, unfledged, ungrown, unripe, unseasoned,
verdant, verduous,
youthfulAntonime: old, withered