ENGLISH: aged - CREOLE: vye



Overview of noun aged



The noun aged has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (1) aged, elderly -- (people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged")



Overview of verb age



The verb age has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (1) age -- (begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast")

2. (1) senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate -- (grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce")

3. age -- (make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously")



Overview of adj aged



The adj aged has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) aged, elderly, older, senior -- (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")

2. (1) aged -- (at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks")

3. aged, of age -- (having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age")

4. aged, ripened -- (of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses")

5. aged, cured -- ((used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable))

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