age

/eidʤ/
Noun
  1. a late time of life
    • old age is not for sissies
    • he's showing his years
    • age hasn't slowed him down at all
    • a beard white with eld
    • on the brink of geezerhood
  2. a prolonged period of time
    • we've known each other for ages
    • I haven't been there for years and years
  3. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
    • she was now of school age
    • tall for his eld
  4. an era of history having some distinctive feature
    • we live in a litigious age
  5. how long something has existed
    • it was replaced because of its age
Verb
  1. make older
    • The death of his child aged him tremendously
  2. grow old or older
    • She aged gracefully
    • we age every day--what a depressing thought!
    • Young men senesce
  3. begin to seem older; get older
    • The death of his wife caused him to age fast

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