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aged meaning

EN[ˈeɪdʒɪd]
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  • Noun
    1. NU Old people, collectively.
    2. Verb
      1. simple past tense and past participle of age.
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore agedSUPmost aged
        1. Old.
          1. Having the age of. (primarily non-US).
            1. Aged 18, he had no idea what would happen next.
          2. Undergone the effects of time, improving as a result.
          3. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • The flatt'ring ivy who did ever see / Inclasp'd the huge trunke of an aged tree. — Francis Beaumont.
              • Two boys, aged 14 and 11, were each sentenced to three strokes of the light rotan at Kluang for stealing duck eggs from Loh Wee Seng.
              • A boy, aged 9, had suffered from xerodermia since the second month of life.

          Meaning of aged for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "aged" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Adjectives
              • Nouns
                • Singularia tantum
                  • Uncountable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Verb forms
                    • Participles
                      • Past participles
                      • Verb simple past forms
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