aged

Examples

• All

• Portrait of the Holy Mother under an aged oak.

  Academic text (1998)

• Sudden lightning cracks, illuminating the aged structure and the hanging metal sign.

  Fiction book (1995)

• While we still see the aged rockers from KISS don the makeup from time to time, I don't think we'll ever see Jack White don an entirely red costume ever again.

  Blog text (9)

• I kept staring at a drawing in one article that illustrated the sequence of rock layers in the neighborhood of the field, from the surface down to the bottom of p78, the Mesozoic-aged strata.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The aged rocks along the coast have been shaped by years of wave erosion.

• After centuries of exposure to the elements, the aged stones of the castle show deep grooves and weathering.

• The forest features aged cliffs that tell the story of the land's long geological history.

Synonyms

W

weathered

vsaged

12 4.2

Worn and rough after being outside a long time

means worn down deeply over long time by natural forces not just surface change

W

worn

vsaged

4 2.1

Damaged and showing signs of long use

refers specifically to natural long-term wearing down not human use or handling

E

erosional

vsaged

• Specialized

1 6.3

Made when water, wind, or ice wear something away

focuses on the resulting stage of wearing rather than the process itself

E

eroded

vsaged

3.9

Worn away over time by wind, water or ice

describes a later, more advanced stage of natural wearing rather than just any wearing

Antonyms

N

new

∞ 1.0

Recently made or found and not seen before

Y

young

∞ 1.0

Not old and in an early stage of life

Compounds

M

middle-aged man

29 2.1

A man around 45 to 65 years old

How Worn

eroded

3.9

aged

1 7.1

weathered

12 4.2

worn

4 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology