aged

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/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

charged, dull, kind, needed, other, other

The aged man needed help carrying his groceries up the stairs.

VERB + AGED

care, continue, died, hasn't, means, support, worries

She hasn't aged a day since I last saw her ten years ago.

AGED + NOUN

children, man, men, mother, people, song, years

The aged man sat quietly on the bench, watching children play in the park.

PREP.

about, in

The wine aged in oak barrels for several years before it was finally ready to drink.

ADV.

certainly, only, quickly, rapidly

The wine aged rapidly in the oak barrels during those hot summer months.

Definitions

adj

Old.

I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.

Having the age of.

Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

aged whiskey

The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — people who are old collectively

elderly

adjective — (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is

cured

adjective — of wines, fruit, cheeses

ripened

adjective — advanced in years

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.

Wiktionary

Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

Wiktionary

John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

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Care aged him quickly.

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Child-care leave and time off to care for the aged are needed in order to respond to demographic changes now taking place in Japan.

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The middle aged man was charged with assault.

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