ALL meanings of ageing
age·ing
A a - adjective ageing Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient. 3
- uncountable noun ageing Ageing is the process of becoming old or becoming worn out. 3
- noun ageing the process of growing old or developing the appearance and characteristics of old age 3
- noun ageing the change of properties that occurs in some metals after heat treatment or cold working 3
- adjective ageing becoming or appearing older or elderly 3
- adjective ageing giving or creating the appearance of age or elderliness 3
- noun ageing 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 ageing 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 ageing 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 ageing one of the periods or stages of human life: a person of middle age. 1
- noun ageing advanced years; old age: His eyes were dim with age. 1
- noun ageing 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 ageing the period of history contemporary with the span of an individual's life: He was the most famous architect of the age. 1
- noun ageing a generation or a series of generations: ages yet unborn. 1
- noun ageing a great length of time: I haven't seen you for an age. He's been gone for ages. 1
- noun ageing 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 ageing 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 ageing 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 ageing any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages. 1
- noun ageing Cards. Poker. the first player at the dealer's left. Compare edge (def 10a). eldest hand. 1
- verb without object ageing to grow old: He is aging rapidly. 1
- verb without object ageing to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood: a heavy port that ages slowly. 1
- verb with object ageing to make old; cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. 1
- verb with object ageing to bring to maturity or a state fit for use: to age wine. 1
- verb with object ageing to store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant. 1
- verb with object ageing to expose (a dye or dyed cloth) to steam or humid air in order to fix the dye. 1
- verb with object ageing to stabilize the electrical properties of (a device) by passing current through it. 1
- idioms ageing 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 ageing (Australia, New Zealand, British) present participle of age. 1
- noun ageing (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The process of becoming older or more mature. 0
- noun ageing (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is. 0
- noun ageing (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time. 0
- verb ageing (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of age. 0
- adjective ageing (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Becoming elderly. 0