Having lived or existed for a relatively long period of time.
(For a person or an animal) Having lived for a relatively long period of time.
(For an object or a concept) Having existed for a relatively long period of time.
A person that has been living for a relatively long period of time.
An object or concept existing for a relatively long period of time.
used informally especially for emphasis; "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
(linguistics) of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
(used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; "an old man's eagle mind"- William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in "a week-old infant"
of an earlier time; "his old classmates"
past times (especially in the phrase "in days of old")
old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; "moth-eaten theories about race"
just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old'')
of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; especially not young; often used as a combining form to indicate an age as specified as in `a week-old baby''; "an old man''s eagle mind"--William Butler Yeat
past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
just preceding something else in time or order
of a very early stage in development
skilled through long experience
(used for emphasis) very familiar
(used informally especially for emphasis)
of long duration; not new
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
