Aged
['eɪdʒɪd]
Definition
(noun.) people who are old collectively; 'special arrangements were available for the aged'.
(adj.) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) .
(adj.) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); 'mature well-aged cheeses' .
(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' .
(adj.) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); 'aged rocks' .
(adj.) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); 'aged ten'; 'ten years of age' .
Inputed by Laura--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Age
(a.) 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.
(a.) Belonging to old age.
(a.) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
Inputed by Cecile
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Old, elderly, stricken in years, advanced in life, with one foot in the grave.[2]. Having lived, of the age of.
Edited by Jeanne
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Old, ancient, antiquated, elderly, senile, patriarchal, primeval, time-honored,olden
ANT:Juvenile, youthful, young, upstart, recent, fresh
Editor: Oswald
Examples
- The aged ecclesiastic had turned his face towards me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But with my three daughters, Emma, Jane, and Caroline--and my aged father--I cannot afford to be selfish. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If I didn't support a aged pairint, and a lovely sister,'--here the waiter was greatly agitated--'I wouldn't take a farthing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- To avoid being too abrupt, I then spoke of the Aged and of Miss Skiffins. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Bell, aged twenty-eight, explained his new idea to Henry, then aged seventy-eight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Standing before the dressing-glass was a middle-aged lady, in yellow curl-papers, busily engaged in brushing what ladies call their 'back-hair. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Never seen the Aged. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He is,' said the middle-aged lady. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Trees gigantic and aged grew near; before the gate I discerned a crowd of moving human figures--with intense curiosity I lifted my glass to my eye. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My information is, unfortunately, but too correct,' said the middle- aged lady; 'I was present at the quarrel. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Let Walter Hartright, teacher of drawing, aged twenty-eight years, be heard firSt. II It was the last day of July. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She made it her task to attend the sick, comfort the sorrowing, assist the aged, and partake the sports and awaken the gaiety of the young. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- All the middle-aged clerks think their families too large. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Only a few middle-aged and ageing people in France had had any practical experience of warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Inputed by Hubert