Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being of advanced age; old.
  • adjective Characteristic of old age.
  • adjective Having reached the age of.
  • adjective Brought to a desired ripeness or maturity.
  • adjective Geology Approaching the base level of erosion.
  • noun Elderly people considered as a group. Used with the.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In geology, approaching peneplanation: said of the topography of a greatly denuded region.
  • Of a horse, arrived at the age when the ‘pit’ or ‘mark’ on the front teeth has been obliterated by the gradual wearing away of the crown.
  • Old; having lived or existed long; having reached an advanced period of life: as, an aged man; an aged oak.
  • Of the age of: as, a man aged forty years.
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of old age.
  • Synonyms Aged, Elderly, Old, Ancient. Old is the general word for being near to the natural end, or having nearly reached the usual period, of life: as, a cat is old at twelve years. Elderly is rather old, beginning to be old. Aged is very old. Ancient is so old as to seem to belong to a past age. (See other comparisons under ancient.)

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being
  • adjective Belonging to old age.
  • adjective Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Old.
  • adjective Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.
  • noun Old people, collectively.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of age.
  • preposition Having the age of.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
  • adjective of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
  • adjective advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
  • adjective having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
  • noun people who are old collectively
  • adjective (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

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Examples

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