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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
aged
    adj 1: 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" [syn: aged, elderly,
           older, senior]
    2: at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable);
       "aged rocks"
    3: having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one
       syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age" [syn: aged(a),
       of age(p)]
    4: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final
       condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-
       aged cheeses" [syn: aged, ripened]
    5: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is
       pronounced as one syllable) [syn: aged, cured]
    n 1: people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were
         available for the aged" [syn: aged, elderly] [ant:
         young, youth]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Aged \A"ged\ ([=a]"j[e^]d), a.
   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.
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   2. Belonging to old age. "Aged cramps." --Shak.
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   3. ([=a]"j[e^]d or [=a]jd) Having a certain age; at the age
      of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aged; p. pr. & vb. n. Aging.]
   To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
   grew fat as he aged.
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         They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age
         for all that.                            --Holland.
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         I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a
         light-colored, hair here and there.      --Landor.
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Thesaurus Results for aged:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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