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aging

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ag·ing  (jng)
n.
1. The process of growing old or maturing.
2. An artificial process for imparting the characteristics and properties of age.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aging - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
ageing, ripening
mellowing - the process of becoming mellow
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
2.agingaging - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
senescence, ageing
catabiosis - normal aging of cells
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
Adj.1.aging - growing old
ageing, senescent
old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
Translations
ag(e)ing
adj person → alternd attr; animal, thing, population → älter werdend attr; the aging process → das Altern
n → Altern nt


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A man who has not seen a friend for a generation, keeps him in mind always as he saw him last, and is somehow surprised, and is also shocked, to see the aging change the years have wrought when he sees him again.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
From this Hanson knew that a man eater had wandered into the district or been developed by the aging of one of the many lions who ranged the plains and hills by night, or lay up in the cool wood by day.
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But he hardened his heart and waited, the lines deepening, the mouth and eyes growing sterner and firmer, and the face aging with the hours.
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