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old

1. old \'o-ld\ aj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to 
   nourish, Xalescere to grow, altus high, deep 1a: dating from the remote 
   past : ANCIENT {~ traditions}  1b: persisting from an earlier time : 
   CHRONIC {an ~ ailmen t} 1c: of long standing {an ~ friend}  2a: 
   distinguished from an object of the same kind by being of an earlier d ate 
   cap  2b: belonging to an early period in the development of a language or 
   liter ature {Old Irish} 3: having existed for a specified period of time {a 
   girl three years @} 4: of, relating to, or originating in a past era : 
   ANTIQUE {the  ~ chronicles} 5a: advanced in years or age {an ~ man}  5b: 
   showing the characteristics of age {looked ~ at 20}  6: EXPERIENCED {an ~ 
   offender}  7: FORMER {his ~ students}  8a: showing the effects of time or 
   use : WORN, AGED {~)R shoes} 8b: well advanced toward reduction to 
   baselevel - used of topographic fe atures 8c: no longer in use : DISCARDED 
   {~ rags}  8d: of a grayish or dusty tone color {~ mauve}  9a: long familiar 
   {same ~ story} {good ~ Joe}  9b: - used as an intensive {a high ~ time} 
   {any ~ time }ARCHAIC, OBSOLETE: OLD may imply either actual or merely 
   relative length of existence; ANCIENT implies occurrence, existence, or use 
   in the distant past; VENERABLE stresses the hoariness and dignity of great 
   age; ANTIQUE suggests a surviving in knowledge or use from at least a 
   fairly remote past; ANTIQUATED implies being discredited or outmoded or 
   otherwise inappropriate to the present time; ARCHAIC implies having the 
   character or characteristics of a much earlier period; OBSOLETE implies 
   having gone out of currency or habitual practice SYN syn ANCIENT, 
   VENERABLE, ANTIQUE, ANTIQUATED,  
2. old n 1: old or earlier time  2: one of a specified age {a 3-year-old}