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English Dictionary: aged |
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3 results for aged |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- aged
- adj
- advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two
syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
Synonym(s): aged, elderly, older, senior
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"
- having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
Synonym(s): aged(a), of age(p)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well- aged cheeses"
Synonym(s): aged, ripened
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Synonym(s): aged, cured
- n
- people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were
available for the aged"
Synonym(s): aged, elderly Antonym(s): young, youth
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aging}.]
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
grew fat as he aged.
They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age
for all that. --Holland.
I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a
light-colored, hair here and there. --Landor.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Aged \A"ged\, a.
1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond
the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an
aged man; an aged oak.
2. Belonging to old age. [bd]Aged cramps.[b8] --Shak.
3. ([amac]"j[ecr]d or [amac]jd) Having a certain age; at the
age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
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