old
老,老的,旧的,旧
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Definitions
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old·er [ohl-der], /ˈoʊl dər/, old·est [ohl-dist] /ˈoʊl dɪst/ or eld·er [el-der], /ˈɛl dər/, eld·est [el-dist]. /ˈɛl dɪst/.
- : far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- : of or relating to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age.
- : as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old.
- : having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old; a century-old organization.
- : having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy.
- : having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eight years old.
- : having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy.
- : long known or in use: the same old excuse.
- : overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast.
- : belonging to the past: the good old days.
- : having been in existence since the distant past: a fine old family.
- : no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model.
- : acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent: When the new house was built, we sold the old one.
- : of, relating to, or originating at an earlier period or date: old maps.
- : prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and Alaska.
- : Old, in its oldest known period, as attested by the earliest written records: Old Czech.
- : experienced: He's an old hand at welding.
- : of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time: an old and trusted employee.
- : dull, faded, or subdued: old rose.
- : deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated: old clothes.
- : Physical Geography. far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like.
- : sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems old beyond his years.
- : : good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy.
- : Informal. great; uncommon: a high old time.
- : former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his old students.
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- : Usually the old . old persons collectively: appropriations to care for the old.
- : a person or animal of a specified age or age group: a class for six-year-olds; a horse race for three-year-olds.
- : old or former time, often time long past: days of old.
Phrases
- old as Adam
- old chestnut
- old college try, the
- old saw
- old shoe
- old stamping ground
- old story, an
- old wives' tale
- any old
- chip off the old block
- comfortable as an old shoe
- dirty joke (old man)
- get the air (old heave-ho)
- no fool like an old fool
- of old
- ripe old age
- same old story
- settle a score (old scores)
- stamping ground, old
- teach an old dog new tricks
- up to one's old tricks
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He also owns three of the top five seasons by average fastball velocity among players 30 and older.
Meanwhile, a 20-something university student told me that the coronavirus now feels like old news to her peers.
Innovation is all about using new technology to improve old processes.
After 147 years, the Paris Cafe, one of the oldest bars in New York City, has poured its final cocktail.
Then came the discovery of 279,000-year-old stone spear tips in Ethiopia.
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.