Aged

Definition: Aged

Aged

Adjective

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".

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".

4. Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses".

5. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable).

Noun

1. People who are old; "special arrangements were available for the aged".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "aged" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Aged

Age

Be aged; Adjective: grow old, get old; Adjective: age; decline, wane, dodder; senesce.

Adjective: aged; old; elderly, geriatric, senile; matronly, anile; in years; ripe, mellow, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated, passe, effete, decrepit, superannuated; advanced in life, advanced in years; stricken in years; wrinkled, marked withthe crow's foot; having one foot in the grave; doting; (imbecile); like the last of pea time.

Crosswords: Aged

One day, not long from now, my looks will go, they will dicover I can't act, and I will become some sad middle aged woman who looks a bit like someone who was famous for awhile (Notting Hill; writing credit: Richard Curtis. Starring Julia Roberts as Anna Scott and Hugh Grant as William Thacker.)

Wisdom is the province of the aged, but the heart of a child is pure (The Party; writing credit: Blake Edwards)

Aged in the keg (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

As is often the case with the aged, Mrs. B's ability to smell is declining, so she can't tell if the meat she's eating is rotting (The Unbreakable Likeness of Lincoln; writing credit: Paul Sopocy)

But I was a mere child of sixteen, I've aged a year since then (Only Sixteen; performing artist: DR. HOOK)

Be tender to the young, compassionate to the aged, tolerant with the weak; for in your life you will be all of these. (references; author: unknown)

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Activities for the Aged and Infirm: A Handbook for the Untrained Worker (reference)

• Incredible Years: A Troubleshooting Guide for Parents of Children Aged 3 to 8 (reference)

• Middle Aged and Dating Again (reference)

• Rhyme of the Aged Mariness (reference)

• The Aged Tree Stands Proud: I See New Beauty Found (reference)

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Periodicals

• Bialystoker Center And Home For The Aged Membership (reference)

• National Caucus & Center On Black Aged Inc Membership (reference)

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Music

• Aged to Perfection (reference)

• Best of 100 Proof Aged in Soul: Ten Best Series (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Ottomanelli's U.S.D.A Prime Aged Porterhouse Beef Steaks 4 - 30 oz. ea. (reference)

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Shown is a side-by-side of two normal mammograms showing the difference between a dense breast (left) and a fatty breast (right). The dense breast is that of a woman aged 39, the fatty breast is that of a 59-year old woman. Abnormal lesions are easier to detect and diagnose in a fatty breast making mammography more accurate. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Line graph showing death rates from leading causes of death in persons aged 25-44 years, United States, 1982-1994. AIDS death rates steadily increased to become, in 1993, the leading cause of death in this age group. Credit: CDC.

In 1999, syphilis occurred primarily in persons aged 20 to 39, and the reported rate in men was 1.5 times greater than the rate in women. Credit: CDC.

Dr. Crawford W. Long, aged Twenty-six Years. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

House with people on horseback in front and aged bearded man with woman. Credit: Library of Congress.

In screenland death only comes to the aged. Credit: Library of Congress.

Aged spectator: I was wonderin' the other day what's become o' this bicycle craze that ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Aged types of Central American masses, El Salvador. Credit: Library of Congress.

Aged peasant woman seated, China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Dr. John Scott Mrs. Harrison's father, aged 89, at work in the Pension Office, for A.P.A., Nov. 16. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The aged brows were bent, Bent to a frown, half thought, and half annoy, That all their stores of subtlest argument Were baffled by a boy.

The sentiment is probably assignable to the deep and aged roots which my family has struck into the soil

Aunt Gillenormand witnessed with amazement this irruption of light into her aged interior

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The participants will be aged 75 years and older. (references)

A. Case-fatality rates range from 3% to 30% (especially in the aged). (references)

Depression in the aging and the aged is a major public health problem. (references)

Business

Young people and middle aged people listen more than others. (references)

Buyers aged 45 and above prefer traditional retail and specialty stores. (references)

Sweden has the highest percentage of senior citizens in the world, with 18% aged 65 or older. (references)

Children

Turkey

Only approximately 40 percent of children aged 12 to 23 months are immunized fully. (references)

Portugal

The directorate also improved the quantity and quality of temporary shelters for children aged 3 months to 3 years. (references)

Brazil

Homicide is the leading cause of death for children aged 10 to 14, and only 1.9 percent of murderers are serving prison sentences. (references)

Civil Liberties

Singapore

Boys aged 11 to 161/2 years are allowed passports that are valid for 2 years and no longer are required to obtain exit permits. (references)

Singapore

During the year, the Government significantly relaxed the regulations governing international travel prior to enlistment by boys aged 11 and above. (references)

China

Many Christian groups throughout the country have developed close ties with local officials, in some cases running schools to help educate children who otherwise would receive a substandard education and operating homes for the care of the aged. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Nursing and care for the aged must be given higher priority. (references)

Canada

Education: Literacy--99% of population aged 15 and over have at least a ninth-grade education. (references)

Russia

Some demand is from Russian producers aiming to replace aged equipment in order to improve product quality and competitiveness. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Registration for military service remains obligatory for men aged 18 and older. (references)

Ghana

The President also convened a medical board to consider early release for 156 seriously ill or aged prisoners. (references)

Tunisia

In July after beginning a hunger strike, he was transferred from the 9 Avril prison in Tunis to Borj Erroumi in Bizerte, 25 miles north of the capital, effectively ensuring that his aged parents would be precluded from visiting him. (references)

Minorities

Slovak Republic

The same evening a group of skinheads attacked two men aged who were neither foreigners nor Roma; they were hospitalized with serious injuries. (references)

Yugoslavia

In November in Belgrade, local youths punched and threatened two Romani boys, aged 7 and 11. According to the HLC, police officers in the Zvezdara municipality station refused to take any action against the assailants and told the Romani family that the children had "asked for it." Societal discrimination against Roma was widespread. (references)

Political Economy

Nepal

The Constitution grants suffrage to all citizens aged 18 and over. (references)

Political Rights

Nepal

Under the Constitution all citizens aged 18 and over may vote. (references)

Brazil

Voting is secret and mandatory for all literate citizens aged 18 to 70, except for military conscripts who may not vote. (references)

Travel

Finland

All children aged 7-15 - even handicapped - attend school in Finland. (references)

Women

Ukraine

The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights reported in 2000 that 20 percent of women aged 17 to 21 had faced attempted rape. (references)

Worker Rights

Paraguay

National Census statistics report on the labor force as those aged 10 or older. (references)

San Marino

The law does not limit children aged 16 to 18 from any type of legal work activity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "aged": aged a lot ♦ aged twenty ♦ aged wine ♦ an aged man ♦ Dental Care for Aged ♦ Health Services for the Aged ♦ home for the aged ♦ Homes for the Aged ♦ middle aged. Additional references.

Beginning with "aged": aged-matched.

Ending with "aged": school-aged, well-aged.

Containing "aged": middle-aged man, middle-aged-to-elderly, old-aged pension, old-aged people.

Albanian

vjeç, plak (graybeard, greybeard, old, old age, old man, oldster), në moshë, i thyer (bent, broken, cloven, decrepit, exhausted, montane, old, rough, rugged, split, uneven). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبير في السن (senior), ‏كبير السن, ‏مسن (antiquated, overage), ‏معتق (freer, liberator, mature), ‏هرم (age, chop, he is getting on, old man, pyramid), ‏طاعن فى السن, ‏الطاعن (old, ripper), ‏شيخوخي (senile), ‏بالغ سنا معين. (various references)

Bulgarian 

старчески (senile), стар (back, grey headed, moth-eaten, old, old age, stale, used, veteran), отлежал (mature, mellow, seasoned), на възраст. (various references)

Chinese 

耄 , 旄 (banner decorated with animal's tail), 年老 , 年邁 (old), 变老 (ageing). (various references)

Czech

starý (ancient, guv, old, old man, stale), letitý (ancient). (various references)

Danish

aeldet proevestykke (aged test piece), lagret vin (aged wine), gammel vin (aged wine), ensaldret bestand (even aged stand), efter bratkoelingen blev staalet anloebet og derefter igen bratkoelet (after quenching, the steel was aged and finally quenched), ældet restkoncentration (aged residue), ældet rest (aged residue). (various references)

Dutch

oud (old, stale). (various references)

Esperanto

aĝa. (various references)

Finnish

vuotias (years of age, years old), vanha (ancient, old), iäkäs (advanced in years). (various references)

French

âgé. (various references)

German

bejahrt (elderly, old), im Alter von (at the age of). (various references)

Greek 

ηλικιωμένοσ (elderly, old), ηλικιωμένος, ηλικίας. (various references)

Hebrew 

ישיש (long in the tooth, old man, venerable, very old), זקן (chieftain, elder, graybeard, greybeard, old, old fogey, old man, oldster), בא בימים (advanced in years, elderly). (various references)

Hungarian

kopott (dilapidated, dingy, ragged, rinky-dink, rubbed, rusty, scuffed, seedy, shabby, threadbare, to be out at elbows, to be out at heels, worn, worn out), idõs (elderly, of old). (various references)

Indonesian

sepuh. (various references)

Italian

attempato (elderly, oldish), anziano (ancient, elderly, elderly person, greybeard, old, oldster, senior, senior citizen), annoso, stagionato (ripe, seasoned), dell'età di. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

古い (ancient, antiquated, old not person, stale). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふるい (ague, ancient, antiquated, obsolete article, old, outmoded, shaking, shivering, sieve, stale, threadbare, trembling), としとった. (various references)

Korean 

나이 드는. (various references)

Manx

shenn (ancient, antiquarian, archaic, auld, consecrated, elderly, ex, former, inveterate, long-standing, old, olden, old-established, senile, stale, time-fusty, veteran, vintage, worn), eashit (grown-up, oldish). (various references)

Pig Latin

ageday.(various references)

Portuguese

idoso (ancient, elder, elderly, old, old-aged). (various references)

Romanian

stãtut (close, dead, flat, frowzy, musty, sour, stale, stuffy), senil (decrepit, doting, senile), bãtrân (ancient, grey, grey headed, hoary, old, olden, senile), în vârstã de (old). (various references)

Russian 

старческий (old, old age, senile), старый (auld, old, olden, time worn), старики (old people), пожилой (elderly). (various references)

Scottish

sean (ancient : o shean, anciently, of old, old). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u doba, star (ancient, old, old time, olden, scrap, senescent), ostareo (aging, old). (various references)

Spanish

antiguos, ancianos, anciano (ancient, elder, elderly, gray-beard, grey headed, greybeard, long-running, lost, old, old man, ole), viejos (elderly, seniors), viejo (a b c, a.b.c., abc, antique, dry, elder, elderly, governor, greybeard, guv, lost, mustiness, old, old man, old time, old timer, old-aged, olden, old-established, oldster, ole, stale, used). (various references)

Swedish

i en ålder av. (various references)

Turkish

yaşlı (auld, doddered, elderly, geriatric, old, old timer, oldie, overaged, senior, senior citizen, stricken in years, tear stained, watery, well on in years), yaşında, yıllanmış (mellow), kocamış, ihtiyar (elderly, geriatric, grey haired, old, old man, old woman, oldie, oldish, oldster, pater). (various references)

Turkmen 

garry (old, old person). (various references)

Ukrainian

старий (advanced, age-old, ancient, auld, back, decrepit, dilapidated, grey headed, hoary, moth-eaten, old, old-aged, olden, ole, superannuated, used), літній (elderly, summerly, summery), похилого віку (advanced in years, elderly). (various references)

Welsh

oedrannus (old), hen (ancient, antique, of old, old). (various references)

absaniae, amana, ana, anae, anahe, anam, anani, anania, ananiae, ananiaeque, ananiam, ananias, ani, anos, anus, baalanam, cana, canae, canam, cane, cani, canis, cano, canos, canum, grandaevus, grande, grandem, grandes, grandi, grandia, grandis, granditer, hanam, longevi, longevo, longevum, longevus, marsana, persenilis, praegrandes, provectus, sene, senem, seneo, senes, senex, senex senis, senex, senis, seni, senibus, senis, senium, senum, vasseni, veterem, veteres, veteri, veteribus, veteris, veterum, vetus, vetustiores, vetustissima. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "aged": agedly, agedness, agednesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "aged": advantaged, arbitraged, assuaged, asswaged, averaged, badinaged, bandaged, barraged, cabbaged, caged, camouflaged, collaged, comanaged, damaged, decoupaged, disadvantaged, discouraged, disengaged, disparaged, encaged, encouraged, endamaged, engaged, enraged, ensilaged, envisaged, foliaged, foraged, gaged, garaged, hemorrhaged, homaged, imaged, incaged, leveraged, managed, massaged, messaged, micromanaged, mismanaged, mispackaged, mispaged, montaged, mortgaged, outraged, overaged, overencouraged, overmanaged, overpackaged, packaged, paged. (additional references)

Words containing "aged": disadvantagedness, disadvantagednesses, tragedian, tragedians, tragedienne, tragediennes, tragedies, tragedy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Aged" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeed, adeg, Aed, aega, aeged, agad, agade, Agah, agaid, Agard, Agat, agaw, Agde, agea, agee, agef, agem, agend, ager, aget, agett, Aggett, agi, agid, agild, agit, agod, Agodo, agond, agood, Agreda, Agueda, Agut, agw, ahed, ajed, ajet, ajex, aled, aleed, amed, Amgoed, aned, anged, anget, ared, ated, aued, auede, aved, Aveda, aveed, ayed, azed, daged, egend, gaed, Gaede, gaef, hged, Igedo, igid, nged. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: egad, gaed.

-1 letter: age, dag, gad, gae, ged.

-2 letters: ad, ae, ag, de, ed.

+1 letter: adage, badge, cadge, caged, degas, egads, fadge, gaged, gamed, gaped, gated, gazed, glade, grade, paged, raged, waged.

+2 letters: adages, agedly, agenda, agreed, angled, argled, argued, augend, badged, badger, badges, bagged, banged, barged, beglad, bodega, cadged, cadger, cadges, dagger, daggle, dagoes, damage, danged, danger, dangle, defang, degage, degame, degami, dogear, dosage, dotage, dragee, fadged, fadges, fagged, fanged, gabbed, gabled, gadded, gadder, gadget, gaffed, gagged, gained, gaited, galled, gammed, gander, ganged, gaoled, gapped, garbed, garden, garred, gashed, gasped, gassed, gasted, gauged, gaumed, gawked, gawped, geared, gelada, glades, glared, glazed, gnawed, goaded, goaled, graced, graded, grader, grades, grated, graved, grayed, grazed, hagged, hanged, imaged, jagged, lagend, lagged, nagged, panged, parged, ragged, ranged, regard, sagged, seadog, staged, swaged, tagged, tanged, togaed, unaged, wagged, zagged.