English to English
old
(/oU/ld
)
adjective (a)
- of long duration; not new(adj.all)Example:
Old tradition.
Old house.
Old wine.
Old country.
Old friendships.
Old money.
source: wordnet30 - Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')(noun.time)source: wordnet30
- Open country.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- (used for emphasis) very familiar(adj.all)Example:
Good old boy.
Same old story.
source: wordnet30 - skilled through long experience(adj.all)Example:
An old offender.
The older soldiers.
source: wordnet30 - (used informally especially for emphasis)(adj.all)Example:
Had us a high old time.
source: wordnet30 - of a very early stage in development(adj.all)Example:
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.
source: wordnet30 - just preceding something else in time or order(adj.all)Example:
My old house was larger.
source: wordnet30