aging
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- ageing (Commonwealth English)
[edit] Verb
aging
- Present participle of age.
[edit] Noun
aging (plural agings)
- (intransitive) The process of becoming older or more mature.
- (transitive) Allowing something to become older.
- The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.
- (transitive) The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
- (gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time
[edit] Translations
the process of becoming older or more mature
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the deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is
becoming senescent
[edit] Adjective
aging (comparative more aging, superlative most aging)
- Becoming elderly.
- The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.
[edit] Usage notes
- Comparative and superlative forms are rare.
