Aged

More definitions of "aged":

• (adj): Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable).
  Example: "Mature well-aged cheeses"
  Synonyms: ripened

• (adj): Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables).
  Example: "Aged members of the society"
  Synonyms: elderly, older, senior

• (adj): Having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable).
  Example: "Aged ten"
  Synonyms: of age

• (adj): (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable).
  Synonyms: cured

• (noun): People who are old.
  Example: "Special arrangements were available for the aged"

Famous quotes containing the word aged:

“Pike, three inches long, perfect
Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold.
Killers from the egg: the malevolent aged grin.
They dance on the surface among the flies.”
—Ted Hughes (b. 1930)

“An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

“It is as often a weakness in the aged to dictate to the young, as it is folly in the young to slight the warnings of the aged.”
—H., U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 230-3 (May 1828)