eld
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛld/
eld (uncountable)
- (rare or dialectal) One's age, age in years, period of life.
- (archaic or poetic) Old age, senility; an old person.
- (archaic or poetic) Time; an age, an indefinitely long period of time.
- (archaic or poetic) Former ages, antiquity, olden times.
- (one's age)
- (old age) elderliness; see also Thesaurus:old age
- (old person) geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
- (indefinitely long period of time) yonks; see also Thesaurus:eon
- (former age) days of yore; see also Thesaurus:the past
eld (comparative elder, superlative eldest)
- (obsolete) Old.
- (old) aged, venerable; see also Thesaurus:old
eld (elds, present participle elding; past and past participle elded)
- (intransitive, archaic, poetic or dialectal) To age, become or grow old.
- (intransitive, archaic or poetic) To delay; linger.
- (transitive, archaic or poetic) To make old, age.
- (to age) elden; see also Thesaurus:to age
- (to linger) abide; see also Thesaurus:tarry or Thesaurus:procrastinate
- (to make old) mature; see also Thesaurus:make older
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