Aging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Age \Age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aging}.]
     To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he
     grew fat as he aged.
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           They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age


           for all that.                            --Holland.
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           I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a
           light-colored, hair here and there.      --Landor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aging \Ag"ing\, n.
     the process by which objects or materials acquire desirable
     qualities by being left undisturbed for some time under
     specific conditions. It is used mostly for foods snd
     beverages, but also for other materials. [Also spelled
     {ageing}.]
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aging
       adj : growing old [syn: {ageing}, {senescent}]
       n 1: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects
            of increasing age [syn: {ageing}, {senescence}]
       2: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for
          some time [syn: {ripening}, {ageing}]