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    [Adjective]  | "old" | \ ˈōld \


    1: dating from the remote past : ancient

    2: persisting from an earlier time

    3: of long standing


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, deep;

    [Noun]  | "old" 


    1: one of a specified age —usually used in combination

    2: old or earlier time —used in the phrase of old


    Origin: 13th century ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Avestan" 


    1: the language of the oldest portion of the Avestan corpus comprising especially hymns and prayers attributed to the prophet Zoroaster


    Origin: 1865 ;

    [Noun]  | "old boy" 


    1: an alumnus especially of a boys' school

    2: a man who is a member of a long-standing and usually influential clique especially in a professional, business, or social sphere


    Origin: 1868 ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Bulgarian" 


    1: old church slavic


    Origin: 1861 ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Catholic" 


    1: a member of one of various hierarchical and liturgical churches separating from the Roman Catholic Church at various times since the 18th century


    Origin: 1871 ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Christmas" 


    1: epiphany


    Origin: 1863 ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Church Slavic" 


    1: the Slavic language used in the liturgical and biblical translations of Cyril and Methodius as attested in manuscripts of the 10th and 11th centuries —called also Old Church Slavonic


    Origin: circa 1929 ;

    [Noun]  | "old country" 


    1: an emigrant's country of origin; especially : one in Europe —usually used with the


    Origin: 1751 ;

    [Noun]  | "Old Egyptian" 


    1: the language of ancient Egypt from the earliest texts to about 2000 B.C.


    Origin: 1817 ;

    [Adjective]  | "old" 


    1: being of advanced years and especially past middle age;


      * e.g., " ... every day the old fisherman set out in his small boat to brave the dangers of the sea "





    2: dating or surviving from the distant past;


      * e.g., " ... an extremely old piece of jewelry was discovered in the Egyptian ruins "





    3: having been such at some previous time;


      * e.g., " ... I ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday "





    [Adjective]  | "old-fashioned" 


    1: pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time;


      * e.g., " ... an elegant, old-fashioned bun that was held in place with pearl hairpins "





    2: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions;


      * e.g., " ... I'm so old-fashioned that I actually think people should use standard grammar and punctuation when composing e-mails "





    [Adjective]  | "old-line" 


    1: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions;


      * e.g., " ... an old-line professor who still taught as if it were 1930 "





    [Adjective]  | "old-maidish" 


    1: hard to please;


      * e.g., " ... an old-maidish teacher who required that every essay be written in very formal English "





    [Adjective]  | "old-school" 


    1: pleasantly reminiscent of an earlier time;


      * e.g., " ... an old-school romantic comedy in which the two leads don't jump into bed at the first opportunity "





    2: tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions;


      * e.g., " ... an old-school gentleman who opened doors and pulled out chairs for women "





    [Noun]  | "old" 


    1: as in antiquity, yore;




    [Noun]  | "old hand" 


    1: a person with long experience in a specified area;


      * e.g., " ... with 25 years on the job, Vinnie was the old hand everyone went to with their problems "





    [Noun]  | "old lady" 


    1: a female human parent;


      * e.g., " ... the story is that my old lady wanted to name me Cecil, but the old man prevailed "



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    2: the female partner in a marriage;


      * e.g., " ... he jokingly commented that he'd love to buy a sports car, but his old lady would throw a fit "



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    3: a female romantic companion;


      * e.g., " ... if he ever tried stepping out on her, his old lady would fill him with buckshot "



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    [Noun]  | "old man" 


    1: a male human parent;


      * e.g., " ... I'll ask my old man if he's up for a round of golf this weekend "



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    2: the male partner in a marriage;


      * e.g., " ... my old man and I have been together for 10 years now "



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    3: a male romantic companion;


      * e.g., " ... my old man and I have decided to move in together "



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    [Noun]  | "Old Nick" 


    1: the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell;


      * e.g., " ... he gave me a look that would scare Old Nick "



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     [ "old" ]

    1: Old is when its more expensive to buy the candles, than the cake to put it on.

      * e.g.,  ... candles cost $.25 a piece, and you are 60 years old making the total cost of candles $1 the cake costs $ 

     [ "old" ]

    1: that which is not new

      * e.g.,  ... Matrix Revolutions was an old movie. 

     [ "old" ]

    1: You begin to be old when people who deliver pizzas are systematically younger than you.

      * e.g.,  ... Anyway im even too old to command pizzas by now. 


     [ "old" ]

    2: (See young)

     [ "old" ]

    1: Something that was said and/or done repeatedly that has been totally played out. Tired. Annoying.

      * e.g.,  ... The past he kept bringing up to my face is gotten real old right about now! 

     [ "old" ]

    1: Something or someone outdated, obsolete, no longer needed.

      * e.g.,  ... "A person can die at age 100 and not be considered old it seems." 

     [ "old" ]

    1: synonym for AWESOMELY COOL

      * e.g.,  ... "Woah, look at that guy over there." 

     [ "old" ]

    1: having large saggy wrinkly multicolored ears. sometimes they're so gnarly if you squint real hard it looks like and old dude's face

      * e.g.,  ... you're too old to be breastfed 

     [ "old" ]

    1: bonidacci clothes; obsolete.

      * e.g.,  ... "your lebron shoes are old". 

     [ "An Old" ]

    1: a term hipsters use to describe someone over the age of... 30?

      * e.g.,  ... ugh, she sounds like an old. {sad face} 

     [ "Old" ]

    1: "OLD" IS WHEN..... Your sweetheart says, "Let's go upstairs and make love," and you answer, "Darling, I can't do both!" "OLD" IS WHEN..... Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot. "OLD" IS WHEN..... A sexy girl takes your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door. "OLD" IS WHEN..... Going topless pulls all the wrinkles out of your face. "OLD" IS WHEN..... You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along with her. "OLD" IS WHEN..... you are told to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police. "OLD" IS WHEN..... "Getting lucky" means you find your car in the car park. "OLD" IS WHEN..... An "all nighter" means not getting up to pee!

      * e.g.,  ... What a drag it is getting old! 

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