Noun
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a late time of life
"old age is not for sissies"
"he's showing his years"
"age hasn't slowed him down at all"
"a beard white with eld"
"on the brink of geezerhood"
- old age - geezerhood -
a prolonged period of time
"we've known each other for ages"
"I haven't been there for years and years"
- long time -
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
"she was now of school age"
"tall for his eld"
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an era of history having some distinctive feature
"we live in a litigious age"
- historic period -
how long something has existed
"it was replaced because of its age"
Verb
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make older
"The death of his child aged him tremendously"
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grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
"Young men senesce"
- get on -
begin to seem older
get older
"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"