 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aged
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {elderly}, {older},
{senior}]
2: at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one
syllable); "aged rocks"
3: having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one
syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age" [syn: {aged(a)},
{of age(p)}]
4: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final
condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature
well-aged cheeses" [syn: {ripened}]
5: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is
pronounced as one syllable) [syn: {cured}]
noun: people who are old; "special arrangements were available for
the aged" [ant: {young}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Age \Age\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aging}.]
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
grew fat as he aged.
They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age
for all that. --Holland.
I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a
light-colored, hair here and there. --Landor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aged \A"ged\ ([=a]"j[e^]d), adjective
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "aged":
abiding, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-long,
age-old, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antique, chronic,
constant, continuing, developed, diuturnal, doddering, durable,
elderly, enduring, evergreen, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown,
fully developed, getting on, gray, gray with age, gray-haired,
gray-headed, grey, grown old, hardy, hoar, hoary, immutable,
in full bloom, intransient, inveterate, lasting, long-lasting,
long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous,
macrobiotic, mature, matured, mellow, mellowed, of long duration,
of long standing, old, old as Methuselah, olden, patriarchal,
pensioned off, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent,
perpetual, persistent, persisting, remaining, retired, ripe,
ripened, seasoned, sempervirent, senectuous, senescent, senile,
senior, stable, staying, steadfast, superannuated, tempered,
timeworn, tottery, tough, unfading, venerable, vital, white,
white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired,
wrinkled, wrinkly, years old
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