aged
adj 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" [syn: {elderly}, {older},
{senior}]
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" [syn: {aged(a)},
{of age(p)}]
4: of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final
condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature
well-aged cheeses" [syn: {ripened}]
5: (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is
pronounced as one syllable) [syn: {cured}]
n : people who are old; "special arrangements were available for
the aged" [ant: {young}]