old

[[t]oʊld[/t]]

adj. old•er, old•est eld•er, eld•est,

1) having lived or existed for a comparatively long time; far advanced in years or life:

an old man; an old building[/ex]

2) of or pertaining to the latter part of life or existence:

old age[/ex]

3) having lived or existed for a specified time:

a six-month-old company[/ex]

4) having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer ones:

our oldest child[/ex]

5) deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated:

old clothes[/ex]

6) of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time:

an old friend[/ex]

7) no longer in general use:

This typewriter is an old model[/ex]

8) having been replaced or supplanted by something newer or more recent:

We sold our old house[/ex]

9) former:

one of my old classmates[/ex]

10)

a) long known or in use:

the same old excuse[/ex]

b) cvb overfamiliar to the point of tedium:

That joke gets old fast[/ex]

11) belonging to the past:

the good old days[/ex]

12) of or originating at an earlier period or date:

old maps[/ex]

13) having been in existence since the distant past:

an old family[/ex]

14) prehistoric; ancient:

old civilizations[/ex]

15) ling. (cap.) (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records:

Old Czech[/ex]

16) experienced:

an old sailor[/ex]

17) sedate, sensible, mature, or wise:

a child old beyond her years[/ex]

18) as if or appearing to be far advanced in years:

Worry had made him old[/ex]

19) (of colors) dull, faded, or subdued

20) (of land forms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like

21) (used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization): that dirty old thing

22) inf (used as an intensive):

a high old time[/ex]

23) the old, old persons collectively

24) a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination):

a program for six-year-olds[/ex]

25) time long past:

days of old[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE eald, ald, c. OFris, OS ald, OHG, G alt, Go altheis; akin to ON ellri elder I old′ness, n.