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noun
noun
adj
noun
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- (gerontology) The accumulation of damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; the progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Wear; wear and tear.
- acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
verb
adj
- Old.
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable)
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
verb
adj
- Old.
- Relating to older people.
- Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
- Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
- Gray-haired.
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- intermediate in character or position
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
noun
- An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
- (chiefly US, ufology) Synonym of grey alien.
- (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
- A gray wolf
- An achromatic colour between black and white.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- clothing that is a grey color
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
verb
- (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
- (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
- (ergative) To turn gray.
- make grey
- turn grey
prefix
adj
- Older.
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
adj
noun
verb
adj
- very old
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A very old person.
- a very old person
- A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
- (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
adj
- Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.
- Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
- (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- (biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
adj
noun
- extreme oldness
- an artifact surviving from the past
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
noun
- age; aged
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
adj
adv
name
prep
verb
noun
prefix
prefix
noun
verb
- make older
- grow old or older
- begin to seem older; get older
- (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
- To allow to mature.
- (transitive) To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).
- (transitive) To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
- (transitive, figuratively) To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt.
- To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age.
- (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
- (intransitive, of a statement, prediction, etc.) To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way.
noun
- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
- how long something has existed
- a prolonged period of time
- an era of history having some distinctive feature
- a late time of life
- The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished.
- (countable) The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
- (countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
- (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- (uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.
- (countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
- (countable) Any particular stage of life.
- (uncountable) Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
- (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
- (countable) Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).
- (countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
- (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
noun
- The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.
- The branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging.
- the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
noun
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
- An elderly relative.
- (biology) A genetic precursor.
- The spirit of one's ancestor.
- (India, law) A descendant of one's ancestors.
- One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
- An ancestor or forbear.
- (logic) A relationship in which something is a precursor.
- An earlier version of something.
- A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
adj
noun
- an elderly man
- any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
- (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
- (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
- An object of ancient times.
- An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
- (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
adj
- out of fashion
- made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
- belonging to or lasting from times long ago
- (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
- Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
- Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
- Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”).
- (typography) Designating a style of type.
verb
noun
- an elderly man
- an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- a person who exercises control over workers
- (Canada) The baby in the house.
- A glassblower.
- (UK, informal) The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican.
- (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
- A sailor.
- (colloquial) An old person, usually a man.
- Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.
noun
noun
noun
name
- (astronomy) A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
- The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
noun
- a man who is very old
- a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
- (poetic) An old man.
- (historical) A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor; a bellarmine.
- A powerful wave in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
- (figurative) Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.
noun
- a man who is very old
- (slang) boss
- an informal term for your father
- aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
- a familiar term of address for a man
- (uncountable, herbs) Synonym of southernwood.
- (colloquial) One's father.
- (slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
- (Australia) An Australian Aboriginal elder.
- (colloquial) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
- (slang) One's male employer, irrespective of age.
- (theology, uncountable) Synonym of Old Adam.
- (literally) An elderly man.
- (Christianity) The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
- (Australia) Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
noun
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- (US, Mormonism) A male missionary.
- (relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.
- (Germanic paganism) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- (US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white and yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
- A cow's udder, especially used as food.
- a person who is older than you are
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
- any of various church officers
adj
verb
noun
- a woman who is old
- herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
- (countable, informal, slang) One's mother.
- (countable, informal, derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
- (literally) An elderly woman.
- (uncountable) The plant sea wormwood.
- (countable, informal, slang) One's wife.
noun
noun
noun
- A very old person.
- a very old person
- A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
- (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
- any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
adj
- Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.
- Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
- (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- (biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
noun
- extreme oldness
- an artifact surviving from the past
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
adj
- very old
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
noun
adj
- Old.
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable)
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
verb
noun
- age; aged
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- attack
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
adj
adv
name
prep
verb
noun
noun
noun
- The study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself.
- The branch of science that deals with the problems of aged people. It is to be distinguished from geriatrics, which is the study of the diseases of the elderly. Gerontology covers the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging.
- the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
noun
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
- An elderly relative.
- (biology) A genetic precursor.
- The spirit of one's ancestor.
- (India, law) A descendant of one's ancestors.
- One who follows, honors, or is attracted to an ancestral tradition.
- An ancestor or forbear.
- (logic) A relationship in which something is a precursor.
- An earlier version of something.
- A forerunner; One who was involved in an earlier version of something.
adj
noun
- an elderly man
- any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
- (in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
- (figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
- An object of ancient times.
- An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
- (typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
adj
- out of fashion
- made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
- belonging to or lasting from times long ago
- (bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
- Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
- Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
- Synonym of old (“of color: subdued, as if faded over time”).
- (typography) Designating a style of type.
verb
noun
- an elderly man
- an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set
- a person who exercises control over workers
- (Canada) The baby in the house.
- A glassblower.
- (UK, informal) The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican.
- (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
- A sailor.
- (colloquial) An old person, usually a man.
- Someone aboard a boat whose duty is to gaff a (large) fish once the angler has reeled it in.
noun
noun
noun
name
- (astronomy) A planet in the PSR B1620-26 star system, Messier 4 globular cluster, Milky Way Galaxy, Scorpius constellation; a circumbinary planet, officially named PSR B1620-26 b, orbiting a pulsar (“PSR B1620-26 A”) and white dwarf (“WD B1620-26 B”).
- The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
noun
- a man who is very old
- a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century)
- (poetic) An old man.
- (historical) A coarse earthenware vessel for holding liquor; a bellarmine.
- A powerful wave in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
- (figurative) Any of the members of a group who have been there the longest, often implying experience.
noun
- a man who is very old
- (slang) boss
- an informal term for your father
- aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
- a familiar term of address for a man
- (uncountable, herbs) Synonym of southernwood.
- (colloquial) One's father.
- (slang, military) A unit's commanding officer, or the commander of a naval vessel, irrespective of age.
- (Australia) An Australian Aboriginal elder.
- (colloquial) A husband, or male significant other, irrespective of age.
- (slang) One's male employer, irrespective of age.
- (theology, uncountable) Synonym of Old Adam.
- (literally) An elderly man.
- (Christianity) The state of human nature without the spiritual transformation brought about by redemption through Jesus Christ.
- (Australia) Used attributively to denote something of exceptional size, strength, age etc.
adj
- Older.
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
noun
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- (US, Mormonism) A male missionary.
- (relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.
- (Germanic paganism) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- (US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white and yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
- A cow's udder, especially used as food.
- a person who is older than you are
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
- any of various church officers
adj
verb
noun
- a woman who is old
- herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
- (countable, informal, slang) One's mother.
- (countable, informal, derogatory) A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.
- (literally) An elderly woman.
- (uncountable) The plant sea wormwood.
- (countable, informal, slang) One's wife.
verb
- make older
- grow old or older
- begin to seem older; get older
- (transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
- (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
- To allow to mature.
- (transitive) To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).
- (transitive) To indicate or reveal that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
- (transitive, figuratively) To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt.
- To treat or tamper with in order to give a false appearance of age.
- (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
- (intransitive, of a statement, prediction, etc.) To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way.
noun
- a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
- how long something has existed
- a prolonged period of time
- an era of history having some distinctive feature
- a late time of life
- The time or era in history when someone or something was alive or flourished.
- (countable) The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
- (countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
- (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
- (uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.
- (countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
- (countable) Any particular stage of life.
- (uncountable) Maturity; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
- (countable, hyperbolic) A long time.
- (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
- (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
- (countable) Lifespan, lifetime; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).
- (countable, geology) The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
- (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
adj
noun
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- (gerontology) The accumulation of damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; the progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Wear; wear and tear.
- acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
verb
adj
- Old.
- Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
- (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
- having attained a specific age; (‘aged’ is pronounced as one syllable)
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (‘aged’ pronounced as one syllable)
- at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
- (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
verb
adj
- Old.
- Relating to older people.
- Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
- Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
- Gray-haired.
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- intermediate in character or position
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
noun
- An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
- (chiefly US, ufology) Synonym of grey alien.
- (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
- A gray wolf
- An achromatic colour between black and white.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- clothing that is a grey color
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
verb
- (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
- (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
- (ergative) To turn gray.
- make grey
- turn grey
adj
- Older.
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
- (now chiefly US) An old person.
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- (US, Philippines) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
adj
noun
verb
adj
- very old
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.