ALL meanings of age
age
A a - verb without object age to grow old: He is aging rapidly. 1
- verb without object age to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood: a heavy port that ages slowly. 1
- verb with object age to make old; cause to grow or seem old: Fear aged him overnight. 1
- verb with object age to bring to maturity or a state fit for use: to age wine. 1
- verb with object age to store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant. 1
- verb with object age to expose (a dye or dyed cloth) to steam or humid air in order to fix the dye. 1
- verb with object age to stabilize the electrical properties of (a device) by passing current through it. 1
- idioms age of age, Law. being any of several ages, usually 21 or 18, at which certain legal rights, as voting or marriage, are acquired. being old enough for full legal rights and responsibilities. 1
- noun age The length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed. 1
- abbreviation AGE Associated Government Employees 1
- noun age years lived 1
- noun age era 1
- noun age old age 1
- noun age long time 1
- intransitive verb age grow older 1
- intransitive verb age food, wine: mature 1
- suffix age to form abstract nouns 1
- noun age The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime. 0
- noun age (Uncountable Noun) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part. 0
- noun age (Uncountable Noun) The latter part of life; an advanced period of life, eld; seniority; state of being old. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc. 0
- noun age (Uncountable Noun) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) A great period in the history of the Earth. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) A century; the period of one hundred years. 0
- noun age The people who live at a particular period. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) A generation. 0
- noun age (Countable Noun) (hyperbolic) A long time. 0
- noun age (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand. 0
- verb age (Transitive Verb) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. 0
- verb age (Transitive Verb) (figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt. 0
- verb age (Transitive Verb) (accounting) To categorize by age. 0
- verb age (Intransitive Verb) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age. 0