Definition of old Old
/owËld/ - [owld] - old
We found 44 definitions of old from 9 different sources.
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What does old mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: olds |
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| old - past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old') | ||
Adjectiveold, older, oldest |
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| old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" | ||
| immature, young not yet mature | ||
| experienced, experient having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation | ||
| mature fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" | ||
| senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" | ||
| age how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age" | ||
| elderly, older, senior, aged used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" | ||
| of age, aged (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | ||
| ageing, aging, senescent growing old | ||
| ancient very old; "an ancient mariner" | ||
| anile of or like a feeble old woman | ||
| centenarian | ||
| darkened become or made dark by lack of light; "a darkened house"; "the darkened theater" | ||
| doddering, doddery, senile, gaga mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail" | ||
| emeritus honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus' | ||
| grey-headed, gray-haired, gray-headed, hoar, grey-haired, grizzly, white-haired, hoary, grey, gray ancient; "hoary jokes" | ||
| middle-aged being roughly between 45 and 65 years old | ||
| nonagenarian being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home" | ||
| octogenarian being from 80 to 89 years old | ||
| oldish somewhat elderly | ||
| over-the-hill, overage, overaged, superannuated too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope | ||
| sexagenarian being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing" | ||
| old - of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" | ||
| new unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job" | ||
| noncurrent not current or belonging to the present time | ||
| nonmodern not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time | ||
| past of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" | ||
| stale lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" | ||
| worn affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" | ||
| age how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age" | ||
| age-old, antique belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness" | ||
| antiquated, antediluvian, archaic so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" | ||
| antique out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" | ||
| auld a Scottish word; "auld lang syne" | ||
| hand-down, hand-me-down passed on from one person to another; "not too proud to wear hand-me-down clothes" | ||
| hoary, rusty ancient; "hoary jokes" | ||
| immemorial long past; beyond the limits of memory or tradition or recorded history; "time immemorial" | ||
| long-ago belonging to time long gone; "those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor" | ||
| longtime of long duration; "a longtime friend" | ||
| patched mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch; "patched jeans" | ||
| secondhand, used previously used or owned by another; "bought a secondhand (or used) car" | ||
| sunset providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision" | ||
| 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" | ||
| early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" | ||
| old - skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" | ||
| older | ||
| old - (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- old (Noun)
People who are old; old beings; the older generation; usually used with the. - old (Adjective)
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc. , having existed for a relatively long period of time. - old (Adjective)
Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years. - old (Adjective)
Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life . - old (Adjective)
Of an item that has been used and so is not new. - old (Adjective)
Having existed or lived for the specified time. - old (Adjective)
Former, previous. - old (Adjective)
That is no longer in existence. - old (Adjective)
Obsolete; out-of-date. - old (Adjective)
Familiar. - old (Adjective)
Tiresome. - old (Adjective)
Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time. - old (Adjective)
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. - old (Adjective)
Excessive, abundant.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
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Open country. - old (superl.)
Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. - old (superl.)
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. - old (superl.)
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. - old (superl.)
Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. - old (superl.)
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. - old (superl.)
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared. - old (superl.)
Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. - old (superl.)
More than enough; abundant. - old (superl.)
Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. - old (superl.)
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. - old (superl.)
Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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An object or concept existing for a relatively long period of time.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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Ĺld, adj. advanced in years: having been long in existence: worn out: out of date, old-fashioned: ancient, former, antique, early: (coll.) great, high: having the age or duration of: long practised: sober, wise.ân. Old-clothesâ˛man, one who buys cast-off garments.âv.i. Oldâ˛en, to grow old, to become affected by age.âadj. old, ancient.âadj. Old-fashâ˛ioned, of a fashion like that used long ago: out of date: clinging to old things and old styles: with manners like those of a grown-up person (said of a child).ân. Old-fashâ˛ionedness.âadjs. Old-fĹâ˛gyish, like an old fogy; Old-genâ˛tlemanly, characteristic of an old gentleman; Oldâ˛ish, somewhat old; Oldâ˛-light, denoting those of the Seceders from the Church of Scotland who continued to hold unchanged the principle of the connection between church and stateâthe position maintained by the first Seceders in 1733.ân. one of this body.âns. Old-maidâ˛hood, Old-maidâ˛ism.âadj. Old-maidâ˛ish, like the conventional old maid, prim.âns. Oldâ˛ness; Oldâ˛ster (coll.), a man getting old: a midshipman of four years' standing, a master's mate.âadj. Oldâ˛-time, of or pertaining to times long gone by: of long standing: old-fashioned.ân. Oldâ˛-timâ˛er, one who has lived in a place or kept a position for a long time.âadjs. Old-womâ˛anish, like an old woman; Oldâ˛-world, belonging to earlier times, antiquated, old-fashioned.ân. the Eastern Hemisphere.âOld age, the later part of life; Old bachelor, an unmarried man somewhat advanced in years; Old English (see English): the form of black letter used by 16th-century English printers; Old gold, a dull gold colour like tarnished gold, used in textile fabrics; Old Harry, Nick, One, &c., the devil; Old Hundred, properly Old Hundredth, a famous tune set in England about the middle of the 16th century to Kethe's version of the 100th Psalm, marked 'Old Hundredth' in Tate and Brady's new version in 1696; Old maid, a woman who has not been married, and is past the usual age of marriage: a simple game played by matching cards from a pack from which a card (usually a queen) has been removed; Old man, unregenerate human nature: (coll.) one's father, guardian, or employer (usually with 'the'); Old Red Sandstone (see Sand); Old salt, an experienced sailor; Old school, of, or resembling, earlier days, old-fashioned; Old song, a mere trifle, a very small price; Old squaw, a sea-duck of the northern hemisphereâalso Old wife; Old Style (often written with a date O.S.), the mode of reckoning time before 1752, according to the Julian calendar or year of 365Âź days; Old Testament (see Testament); Old Tom, a strong kind of English gin; Old wife, a prating old woman, or even a man: a chimney-cap for curing smoking.âOf old, long ago, in ancient times, or belonging to such. [A.S. eald; Dut. oud; Ger. alt.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue đ
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Ugly. CANT.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary đ
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Old young, old long.
Wikipedia 
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Old is the opposite of new. When something is not considered new anymore, it may be considered old. It is also the opposite of young.
Old can refer to someone or something's age.
Old can mean that something is out of date or past its "sell by" date.
Different things go out of date or grow old at different rates. For example technology has a short life span and can be considered old after only one year. Human beings can by considered young at 20 years old, yet a cat would be considered old at 20 years old, because humans live much longer than cats.
Part of speech
đ¤- old, noun, singular of olds.
- old, adjective.
