| noun | people who are old collectively “special arrangements were available for the aged” |
| verb | begin to seem older; get older “The death of his wife caused him to age fast” |
| verb | grow old or older “She aged gracefully” |
| verb | make older “The death of his child aged him tremendously” |
| adjective | advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) “aged members of the society” |
| adjective | at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) “aged rocks” |
| adjective | having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) “aged ten” |
| adjective | of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) “mature well-aged cheeses” |
| adjective | (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) |
| aged | adjective | advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) |
| senescent | adjective | growing old |
| age | noun | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises |
| maturation | noun | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| aged | noun | people who are old collectively |
| agedness | noun | the property characteristic of old age |
| seniority | noun | the property of being long-lived |