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▸ noun: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
▸ adjective: of long duration; not new ("Old tradition")
▸ adjective: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby' ("An old man's eagle mind--William Butler Yeats")
▸ adjective: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
▸ adjective: of an earlier time ("His old classmates")
▸ adjective: of a very early stage in development ("Old English is also called Anglo Saxon")
▸ adjective: old in experience ("An old offender")
▸ adjective: just preceding something else in time or order ("My old house was larger")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12553)
▸ Also see olds
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▸ noun: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
▸ adjective: of long duration; not new ("Old tradition")
▸ adjective: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby' ("An old man's eagle mind--William Butler Yeats")
▸ adjective: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
▸ adjective: of an earlier time ("His old classmates")
▸ adjective: of a very early stage in development ("Old English is also called Anglo Saxon")
▸ adjective: old in experience ("An old offender")
▸ adjective: just preceding something else in time or order ("My old house was larger")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12553)
▸ Also see olds
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to old
▸ Usage examples for old
▸ Idioms related to old (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing old
▸ Popular nouns described by old
▸ Words that often appear near old
▸ Rhymes of old
▸ Invented words related to old