Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Being of advanced age; old.
- adj. Characteristic of old age.
- adj. Having reached the age of: aged three.
- adj. Brought to a desired ripeness or maturity: aged cheese.
- adj. Geology Approaching the base level of erosion.
- n. Elderly people considered as a group. Used with the.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Old; having lived or existed long; having reached an advanced period of life: as, an aged man; an aged oak.
- Of the age of: as, a man aged forty years.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of old age.
- Synonyms Aged, Elderly, Old, Ancient. Old is the general word for being near to the natural end, or having nearly reached the usual period, of life: as, a cat is old at twelve years. Elderly is rather old, beginning to be old. Aged is very old. Ancient is so old as to seem to belong to a past age. (See other comparisons under ancient.)
- In geology, approaching peneplanation: said of the topography of a greatly denuded region.
- Of a horse, arrived at the age when the ‘pit’ or ‘mark’ on the front teeth has been obliterated by the gradual wearing away of the crown. This change usually occurs in the eighth or ninth year; but under racing rules a ‘running’ horse (as distinct from a trotting horse) is said to be aged when he is more than seven years old.
Wiktionary
- adj. Old.
- adj. Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.
- n. Old people, collectively.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of age.
- prep. Having the age of.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being
- adj. Belonging to old age.
- adj. Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- adj. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
- adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
- adj. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
- n. people who are old collectively
- adj. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
Examples
“Laura Robson won the title aged 14 years and four months, this year sees her enter the women's competition as the youngest ever competitor at 15 years and four months.”
“It wouldn't surprise me if Michael challenged for another world championship," Britain's 1992 champion Nigel Mansell, who won his title aged 39, said at the weekend.”
“It doesn't matter what age you are as long as you are professional, committed and focused," said Mansell, who won his title aged 39 and competed in Formula One until he was 41.”
“I've never heard the term aged news," said Mr. Berke, giving off an air of superiority, even if it was a feeble attempt at being funny.”
“WHITFIELD: And even the cardinal was rather candid about what he calls the aged and conservative meeting of Vatican officials and other cardinals in Rome, and that he despite any sort of hurdle that he's now encountering, he is committed to the church and he is committed to work tirelessly toward helping others find some truth and restore trust in the Catholic Church.”
“Of course, becoming middle aged is not all plain sailingthere are disappointments and bitter griefs.”
“Loux: A great appeal for writing the Salt Water Taffy series for the all-aged is that in a lot of ways it frees me from the expectations Indie comic artists often have to do serious or emotionally challenging stories.”
“I'm a man of a certain aged prostate with some traditional male Urologist experience.”
“Overview: All of a sudden, being middle-aged is somewhat trendy.”
“The Rat goes undercover in aged disguise to spring an old friend from an old crooks prison.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘aged’.
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Noteworthy Words
Here I have in mind a list of words that could be spelled with only the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G--and thus could also be played as a tune on the piano.
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
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Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 327 more...
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The Pain of Texting
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A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
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Old
Adjectives meaning old
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