Seasoned
['siːznd] or ['siznd]
Definition
(adj.) rendered competent through trial and experience; 'a seasoned traveler'; 'veteran steadiness'; 'a veteran officer' .
(adj.) aged or processed; 'seasoned wood' .
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Season
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She hated him for the seasoned, semi-paternal animalism with which he regarded her, but she admired his weight of strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The machine made what was called peg wood, a long ribbon strip of seasoned wood, sharpened on one edge and designed to be fed into the machine for pegging shoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Charley seasoned his admiration with criticism of the gentlest kind, for the touch of Eustacia's hand yet remained with him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was so well seasoned, that it was mere child's play. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Five thousand strong we were, all seasoned fighting-men of the most warlike race of the red men of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They are then shipped to a factory where they are seasoned, being kiln dried. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Wallace