Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become old; grow old.
- To delay; linger.
- To make old.
- An obsolete variant of
old . - noun Age: said of any period of life.
- noun Old age; senility; also, an old person.
- noun An age; an indefinitely long period of time.
- noun Time.
- noun Former ages; old times; antiquity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Archaic Age; esp., old age.
- noun Poetic Old times; former days; antiquity.
- transitive verb obsolete To make old or ancient.
- adjective obsolete Old.
- intransitive verb obsolete To age; to grow old.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare or dialectal One's
age , age in years, period of life. - noun
Old age ,senility ; an old person. - noun
Time ; anage , an indefinitely long period of time. - noun Former ages,
antiquity , olden times. - adjective obsolete
Old . - verb intransitive, archaic To
age , become or growold . - verb intransitive To
delay ;linger . - verb transitive To make
old ,age .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
- noun a late time of life
Etymologies
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Examples
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She had a race called the eld that seemed remarkably elf-like.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2008
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I picked up the colors again and 'eld 'em high over my head, for the smoke were pretty thick, and,' To the colors, 'I shouted,' Rally, lads, rally! '
The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915
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The destroyer 'eld' er fire and come hup close, sir, to 'ave fun teasing us.
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A digitizing tablet shown in the con fi guration where a set of colls generated a magenetic - fi eld which is disturbed by the presence of the pen tip in that exact location (3).
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'eld' im to it -- stuck to 'im like grim death until' e'd gone through with it.
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On a cold, foggy morning in September 2007, two dozen young Jews gathered in a Connecticut fi eld to witness nine goats be shechted, or slaughtered according to Jewish law.
Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010
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The field of play must be rectangular and marked with lines.
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The four pillars of the initiative included the following practices: "(1) reengineer by adopting the best private sector business practices in defense support activities; (2) consolidate organizations to remove redundancy and move program management out of corporate headquarters and back to the field; (3) compete many more functions now being performed in-house, which will improve quality, cut costs, and make the Department more responsive; and (4) eliminate excess infrastructure."
David Isenberg: Outsourcing War and Peace: Part 1 David Isenberg 2011
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On a cold, foggy morning in September 2007, two dozen young Jews gathered in a Connecticut fi eld to witness nine goats be shechted, or slaughtered according to Jewish law.
Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010
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On a cold, foggy morning in September 2007, two dozen young Jews gathered in a Connecticut fi eld to witness nine goats be shechted, or slaughtered according to Jewish law.
Sue Fishkoff: The New Jewish Food Movement: Jews Who Meet What They Eat Sue Fishkoff 2010
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