aged Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun people who are old collectively
    elderly.
    • special arrangements were available for the aged
  2. verb begin to seem older; get older
    age.
    • The death of his wife caused him to age fast
  3. verb grow old or older
    age; maturate; senesce; mature; get on.
    • She aged gracefully
    • we age every day--what a depressing thought!
    • Young men senesce
  4. verb make older
    age.
    • The death of his child aged him tremendously
  5. adjective satellite advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
    senior; elderly; older.
    • aged members of the society
    • elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
    • senior citizen
  6. adjective satellite at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
    • aged rocks
  7. adjective satellite having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    of age.
    • aged ten
    • ten years of age
  8. adjective satellite of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
    ripened.
    • mature well-aged cheeses
  9. adjective satellite (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)
    cured.

WordNet

A"ged adjective
Definitions
  1. Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.
  2. Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." Shak.
  3. (#) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.

Webster 1913