Aged

verb

/eɪdʒd/

Word Frequency: 18.9

Definitions

1.verbTo cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

"Grief ages us."

2.verbTo postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.

"Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so."

3.verbTo categorize by age.

"One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable."

4.verbTo grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

"He grew fat as he aged."

5.nounOld people, collectively.

6.adjectiveOld.

7.adjective(chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

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

8.adjectiveHaving undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

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