Definition of aged

"aged" in the noun sense

1. aged, elderly

people who are old collectively

"special arrangements were available for the aged"

"aged" in the verb sense

1. age

begin to seem older get older

"The death of his wife caused him to age fast"

2. senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate

grow old or older

"She aged gracefully"

"we age every day

3. age

make older

"The death of his child aged him tremendously"

"aged" in the adjective sense

1. aged, elderly, older, senior

advanced in years (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables

"aged members of the society"

"elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"

"senior citizen"

2. aged

at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable

"aged rocks"

3. aged, of age

having attained a specific age (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable

"aged ten"

"ten years of age"

4. aged, ripened

of wines, fruit, cheeses having reached a desired or final condition (`aged' pronounced as one syllable

"mature well-aged cheeses"

5. aged, cured

used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

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Quotations for aged

O death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best!
Welcome the hour, my aged limbs
Are laid with thee at rest! [ Burns ]

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. [ William Pitt ]

A youthful age is desirable, but aged youth is troublesome and grievous. [ Chilo ]

And scenes, long past, of joy and pain, Came wildering over his aged brain. [ Scott ]

Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs. [ Octave Feuillet ]

A large, branching, aged oak is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects. [ Shenstone ]

In modern England the ordinary habits of life and modes of education produce great plainness of mind in middle-aged women. [ John Ruskin ]

It is a common vanity of the aged to believe that they have always been more exemplary than those who have come after them. [ A. de Musset ]

An aged Christian with the snow of time on his head may remind us that those points of earth are whitest that are nearest heaven. [ E. H. Cbapin ]

The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness. [ Hazlitt ]

There is nothing like youth. The middle aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile, like most kings. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

aged in Scrabble®

The word aged is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters aged:

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aged in Words With Friends™

The word aged is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Word Growth involving aged

Shorter words in aged

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Longer words containing aged

advantaged disadvantaged

armageddon armageddonist armageddonists

armageddon armageddons

bandaged rebandaged

bandaged unbandaged

caged uncaged

camouflaged uncamouflaged

cottaged

damaged braindamaged

damaged nondamaged

damaged photodamaged

damaged redamaged predamaged

damaged undamaged

envisaged

foliaged

gaged engaged disengaged

gaged engaged nonengaged

gaged engaged reengaged preengaged

gaged engaged unengaged

gaged mortgaged dismortgaged

gaged mortgaged nonmortgaged

gaged mortgaged overmortgaged

gaged mortgaged remortgaged

gaged mortgaged unmortgaged

haemorrhaged

hemorrhaged

homaged

imaged bioimaged

imaged nanoimaged

imaged reimaged

languaged

lavaged

managed comanaged

managed micromanaged

managed mismanaged

managed overmanaged

managed selfmanaged

managed undermanaged

managed unmanaged

massaged hydromassaged

massaged nonmassaged

massaged remassaged

massaged unmassaged

middleaged

montaged

packaged mispackaged

packaged nonpackaged

packaged overpackaged

packaged repackaged prepackaged

packaged unpackaged

paged decoupaged

paged mispaged

paged nonpaged

paged rampaged

paged repaged

phagedenic

photoaged

pillaged

plumaged

portaged

presaged

raged accouraged

raged averaged

raged discouraged overdiscouraged

raged discouraged undiscouraged

raged disparaged undisparaged

raged encouraged overencouraged

raged encouraged reencouraged

raged enraged

raged foraged

raged garaged

raged leveraged unleveraged

raged outraged

raged overaged

raged tragedies

raged tragedy

raged underaged

ravaged

remessaged

rummaged

sabotaged

salvaged unsalvaged

savaged

scrimmaged

staged restaged

staged unstaged

staged upstaged

teenaged

unaged

unappendaged

unassuaged

voyaged

waged unwaged