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Age Aged Fabric Years State Process Older Looked

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A__ is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.
The fabric was showing signs of age.
The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient.
word age
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noun
Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
She has a nephew who is just ten years of age.
At the age of sixteen he qualified for a place at the University of Hamburg.
I admired him for being so confident at his age.
The age of a thing is the number of years since it was made.
Everything in the room looks in keeping with the age of the building.
Age is the state of being old or the process of becoming older.
Perhaps he has grown wiser with age.
The fabric was showing signs of age.
The worst sign of age was in the fabric which looked decidedly ancient.
An age is a period in history.
...the age of steam and steel.
...items of Bronze Age pottery.
You can say an age or ages to mean a very long time.
He waited what seemed an age.
The bus took absolutely ages to arrive.
verb
When someone ages, or when something ages them, they seem much older and less strong or less alert .
He had always looked so young, but he seemed to have aged in the last few months.
He was only in his mid-thirties, but already worry had aged him.
When food or alcohol is aged or when it ages, it is left to get older before being eaten or drunk, so that it develops a better flavour .
Balsamic vinegar is aged in wood for at least 10 years and the flavour is wonderful.
Whisky loses strength as it ages.
inflections agesageingagingaged
cefr-level B1

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