Definition of aging Aging

/ejˈʤɪŋ/ - [eyjing] - ag•ing

We found 12 definitions of aging from 4 different sources.

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What does aging mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: agings

aging - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
  ageing, senescence
  biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms
aging - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
  ripening, ageing
  biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms

Adjective

aging - growing old
  ageing, senescent
  old of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • aging (Noun)
    The process of becoming older or more mature.
  • aging (Noun)
    Allowing something to become older.
  • aging (Noun)
    The deliberate act of making something such as an antique appear older than it is.
  • aging (Noun)
    Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
  • aging (Noun)
    Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging".
  • aging (Verb)
    Present participle of age.
  • aging (Adjective)
    Becoming elderly.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • aging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Age

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  • aging, verb, gerund of age (infinitive).
  • aging, noun, singular of agings.

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