ALL meanings of aged
a·ged
A a - adjective aged You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is. 3
- adjective aged Aged means very old. 3
- noun plural aged You can refer to all people who are very old as the aged. 3
- adjective aged advanced in years; old 3
- adjective aged (as collective noun; preceded by the) 3
- adjective aged of, connected with, or characteristic of old age 3
- adjective aged having the age of 3
- adjective aged having reached an advanced stage of erosion 3
- adjective aged old; grown old 3
- adjective aged characteristic of old age 3
- adjective aged brought to a desired state of aging 3
- adjective aged of the age of 3
- adjective aged having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man; an aged tree. 1
- adjective aged pertaining to or characteristic of old age: aged wrinkles. 1
- adjective aged of the age of: a man aged 40 years. 1
- adjective aged brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood: aged whiskey. 1
- adjective aged Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of peneplain. 1
- noun aged the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years. 1
- noun aged a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity: the age of discretion; the age of consent; The state raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 years. 1
- noun aged the particular period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything: He was over age for military duty. 1
- noun aged one of the periods or stages of human life: a person of middle age. 1
- noun aged advanced years; old age: His eyes were dim with age. 1
- noun aged a particular period of history, as distinguished from others; a historical epoch: the age of Pericles; the Stone Age; the age of electronic communications. 1
- noun aged the period of history contemporary with the span of an individual's life: He was the most famous architect of the age. 1
- noun aged a generation or a series of generations: ages yet unborn. 1
- noun aged a great length of time: I haven't seen you for an age. He's been gone for ages. 1
- noun aged the average life expectancy of an individual or of the individuals of a class or species: The age of a horse is from 25 to 30 years. 1
- noun aged Psychology. the level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, especially a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age. 1
- noun aged Geology. a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature: the Ice Age. a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed. 1
- noun aged any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages. 1
- noun aged Cards. Poker. the first player at the dealer's left. Compare edge (def 10a). eldest hand. 1
- verb without object aged to grow old: He is aging rapidly. 1
- verb without object aged to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood: a heavy port that ages slowly. 1
- verb with object aged to make old; cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. 1
- verb with object aged to bring to maturity or a state fit for use: to age wine. 1
- verb with object aged to store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant. 1
- verb with object aged to expose (a dye or dyed cloth) to steam or humid air in order to fix the dye. 1
- verb with object aged to stabilize the electrical properties of (a device) by passing current through it. 1
- idioms aged of age, Law. being any of several ages, usually 21 or 18, at which certain legal rights, as voting or marriage, are acquired. being old enough for full legal rights and responsibilities. 1
- noun aged Having lived for a specified length of time ; of a specified age. 1
- adjective aged cheese: matured 1
- adjective aged whisky: matured 1
- adjective aged person: old 1
- noun plural aged elderly people 1
- noun aged (Uncountable Noun) Old people, collectively. 0
- verb aged simple past tense and past participle of age. 0
- adjective aged Having the age of. (primarily non-US). 0
- adjective aged Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result. 0