aged

Definitions

1. 1

   Old.

   • I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.
   • The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.
2. 2

   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.
   • Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.
3. 3

   Having undergone the improving effects of time

   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.
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   1. 4

      Old people, collectively.

      • the aged
      • health insurance and retirement income for the aged
   2. 5

      simple past and past participle of age

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