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ageing (root: age)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ageing has 2 senses
- ageing(n = noun.process) aging, ripening - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time; Array has particulars: mellowing
- ageing(n = noun.process) aging, senescence - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age; Array has particulars: catabiosis
is a kind of biological process, organic process
is a kind of biological process, organic process
Adjective ageing has 1 sense
- ageing(s = adj.all) aging, senescent - growing old; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
ageing, adj.
having lived for a relatively long (or a specified) time; not young; -- used especially of persons. Opposite of young . [WordNet 1.5]
ageing, n.
same as aging. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ageing, n. (also aging)
1 growing old.
2 giving the appearance of advancing age.
3 a change of properties occurring in some metals after heat treatment or cold working.
1 growing old.
2 giving the appearance of advancing age.
3 a change of properties occurring in some metals after heat treatment or cold working.
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