Old age
1Old age — Old people redirects here. For the Khmer Rouge term, see New People. For the song by Nirvana, see With the Lights Out. Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656). Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels Old age (also referred to as …
2old age — old age, adj. the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65. [1300 50; ME] * * * Introduction also called senescence in human beings, the final stage of the normal life span. Definitions of old age are not… …
3Old age — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… …
4Old Age — «Old Age» Canción de Nirvana Box set With the Lights Out Publicación Noviembre de 2004 …
5old age — n [U] the part of your life when you are old ▪ You need to start putting money away for your old age. in (sb s) old age ▪ My mother had a very lively mind, even in her old age …
6old age — noun uncount the period of time when you are old: More and more people are surviving into old age. my/your/her etc old age: I need someone to look after me in my old age …
7old´-age´ — old age, the years of life from about 65 on in human beings. –old´ age´, adjective …
8old age — [n] latter part of animate life advancing years*, age, agedness, autumn of life*, caducity, debility, declining years*, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, evening of life*, feebleness, golden age*, golden years*, infirmity, second childhood*,… …
9old age — ► NOUN 1) the later part of normal life. 2) the state of being old …
10old age — n. the advanced years of life, esp. human life, when strength and vigor decline: cf. MIDDLE AGE …
