[
UK
/ˈeɪdʒ/
]
[ US /ˈeɪdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈeɪdʒ/ ]
VERB
-
make older
The death of his child aged him tremendously -
grow old or older
She aged gracefully
we age every day--what a depressing thought!
Young men senesce -
begin to seem older; get older
The death of his wife caused him to age fast
NOUN
-
an era of history having some distinctive feature
we live in a litigious age -
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 -
a late time of life
on the brink of geezerhood
age hasn't slowed him down at all
old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
a beard white with eld -
a prolonged period of time
I haven't been there for years and years
we've known each other for ages -
how long something has existed
it was replaced because of its age
How To Use age In A Sentence
- It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.
- Sodium thiopental was used by most U.S. states as part of a lethal injection combination, but many have switched to an alternative drug called pentobarbital amid an ongoing shortage. The Seattle Times
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- The residents are mostly impoverished families who survive by collecting recyclable garbage.
- But at lunch on the first day we were approached by the helpful Hotel Manager Henri and offered a swap to an overwater bungalow.
- Wine lovers in the U.S. are increasingly describing their favorite vintage as molto buono, instead of très bon.
- Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
- As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
