Old: Definition and part of speech

Old

  1. superl. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
  2. n. Open country.
  3. superl. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
  4. superl. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
  5. superl. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
  6. superl. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; — designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
  7. superl. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
  8. superl. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
  9. superl. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
  10. superl. More than enough; abundant.
  11. 1superl. 1 Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
  12. 1n. 1 Open country.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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