 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aging
adjective: growing old [syn: {ageing}, {senescent}]
noun
1: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
of increasing age [syn: {ageing}, {senescence}]
2: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for
some time [syn: {ripening}, {ageing}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aging \Ag"ing\, noun
the process by which objects or materials acquire desirable
qualities by being left undisturbed for some time under
specific conditions. It is used mostly for foods snd
beverages, but also for other materials. [Also spelled
{ageing}.]
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
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.
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