Meaning of AGED
| Pronunciation: | | 'eyjid
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- [n] people who are old; "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"
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| | Synonyms: | | cured, elderly, mature, old, older, preserved, ripe, ripened, senior, worn |
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| | Antonyms: | | young, youth | | |
| | See Also: | | age bracket, age group, cohort | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A"ged\, a.
1. 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.
2. Belonging to old age. ``Aged cramps.'' --Shak.
3. ([=a]"j[e^]d or [=a]jd) Having a certain age; at the age
of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
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