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[ adjective ] advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

Synonyms

older elderly senior

Examples

"aged members of the society" "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper" "senior citizen"

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

Above the tongue , an aged yellow eye , sallow and time-cast , encrusted within a sphere of marbleized pink skin , stared unfalteringly at him .

Related terms

old

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[ noun ] people who are old

Examples

"special arrangements were available for the aged"

Used in print

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

Could it be that it speeded_up for the aged in some mysterious way , as if a bored universe were skipping through the end of the chapter just to get_it_over_with ?

Related terms

young age_group

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[ adjective ] at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)

Examples

"aged rocks"

Related terms

worn

4
[ adjective ] having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms

of_age

Examples

"aged ten" "ten years of age"

Related terms

old

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[ adjective ] of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms

ripened

Examples

"mature well-aged cheeses"

Related terms

ripe

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[ adjective ] (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms

cured

Related terms

preserved

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