Definitions for ageing
ageing
age·ing
Spelling: [ey-jing]
IPA: /ˈeɪ dʒɪŋ/
Ageing is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 64 anagrams from letters in ageing (aeggin).
Definitions for ageing
noun
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aging.
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the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
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a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity:
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the particular period of life at which a person becomes naturally or conventionally qualified or disqualified for anything:
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one of the periods or stages of human life:
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advanced years; old age:
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a particular period of history, as distinguished from others; a historical epoch:
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the period of history contemporary with the span of an individual's life:
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a generation or a series of generations:
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a great length of time:
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the average life expectancy of an individual or of the individuals of a class or species:
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Psychology. the level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, especially a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age.
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Geology.
a period of the history of the earth distinguished by some special feature:
a unit of geological time, shorter than an epoch, during which the rocks comprising a stage were formed.
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any of the successive periods in human history divided, according to Hesiod, into the golden, silver, bronze, heroic, and iron ages.
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Cards.
Poker. the first player at the dealer's left. Compare edge (def 10a).
eldest hand.
Idioms
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of age, Law.
being any of several ages, usually 21 or 18, at which certain legal rights, as voting or marriage, are acquired.
being old enough for full legal rights and responsibilities.
verb (used with object)
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to make old; cause to grow or seem old:
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to bring to maturity or a state fit for use:
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to store (a permanent magnet, a capacitor, or other similar device) so that its electrical or magnetic characteristics become constant.
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to expose (a dye or dyed cloth) to steam or humid air in order to fix the dye.
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to stabilize the electrical properties of (a device) by passing current through it.
verb (used without object)
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to grow old:
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to mature, as wine, cheese, or wood:
Origin of ageing
1225-75; (noun) Middle English Anglo-French, Old French aage, eage, equivalent to aé (Latin aetātem accusative of ae(vi)tās age; aev(um) time, lifetime + -itās -ity) +
Examples for ageing
She too had altered: the scandal was ageing her, and Ansell came to the house daily.
My niece (as I once called her) mortified me unintentionally; she said I was ageing.
When I ask how he feels about ageing and his mortality now, Strub smiles.
Despite the anguish, she was careful to maintain her responsibilities to her own children and ageing parents.
Proponents of the Warthog, however, argue that the ageing plane has no equal in supporting troops on the ground.
For me, what was most moving was his terrible fear of ageing and his extreme dislike of his own appearance.
You can easily overtake me on the road, for you are young, and I am ageing and go softly.
The Netherlands humiliates an ageing Spain, while the world looks on in disbelief.
Perhaps Hals was degenerating with the passing age—certainly he was ageing.
The crude logwood is generally subjected to a process of fermentation or "ageing."