aged
Multiple Entries:aged age
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aged
▶adjective
- 1 /eɪdʒd/ of a specified age: he died aged 60.
■ (of a horse or farm animal) over a certain defined age of maturity, typically 6 to 12 years for horses, 3 or 4 years for cattle.
- 2 /ˈeɪdʒɪd/ very old.
- 3 /eɪdʒd/ having been subjected to ageing.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
age/eɪʤ/
▶noun
- 1 the length of time that a person or thing has existed.
■ a particular stage in someone's life.
■ old age.
- 2 a distinct period of history.
■ a division of geological time that is a subdivision of an epoch.
■ (ages/an age) informal a very long time.
■ (with reference to an alcoholic drink, cheese, etc.) mature.
– phrases
act (or be) one's age behave in a manner appropriate to someone of one's age.
come of age reach adult status (in UK law at 18).
of an age
act (or be) one's age behave in a manner appropriate to someone of one's age.
come of age reach adult status (in UK law at 18).
of an age
- 1 old enough to be able or expected to do something.
- 2 (of two or more people or things) of a similar age.
– derivatives
ageing (also aging) noun & adjective.
ageing (also aging) noun & adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., based on L. aetas, aetat-, from aevum ‘age, era’.
'aged' also found in these Oxford entries:
adultescent
- age
- beaver
- Brownie
- crust
- cub
- dame
- hoary
- junior
- junior school
- Little League
- male menopause
- middle age
- middle-aged spread
- mutton
- oak
- peewee
- reposado
- teenager
- upper school
- Venture Scout

