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Grep of noun old absolute threshold acapulco gold acellular slime mold african marigold alpine gold arnold aztec marigold benedict arnold big marigold billfold blindfold bold bread mold bur marigold burr marigold cape marigold cargo hold cellular slime mold centerfold centrefold cold common cold common marigold common scold copyhold corn marigold cotswold cuckold dag hammarskjold dag hjalmar agne carl hammarskjold dental gold difference threshold differential threshold dirty old man double gold drip mold epicanthic fold exhaust manifold false vocal fold field marigold fig marigold fold fool's gold foothold freehold french marigold gatefold gold green gold guinea gold hammarskjold handhold head cold head of household hold hoodmold household inferior vocal fold inlet manifold intake manifold iron mold japanese stranglehold leaf mold leasehold mangold manifold marigold marsh marigold matthew arnold mold mosaic gold old old-age insurance old-fashionedness old-field toadflax old-maid's bonnet old-man-of-the-woods old-timer old age old bag old bailey old boy old bulgarian old bullion old catholic old catholic church old church slavic old church slavonic old codger old colony old country old delhi old dominion old dominion state old english old english sheepdog old faithful old fashioned old french old frisian old geezer old glory old gold old growth old guard old hand old hickory old high german old icelandic old irish old ironsides old italian old lady old latin old line state old maid old maid flower old man old man's beard old man of the mountain old master old nick old norse old north french old north state old person old prussian old rose old salt old saxon old school old school tie old sledge old south old squaw old stager old style old style font old testament old times old witch grass old witchgrass old wives' tale old woman old world old world beaver old world buffalo old world chat old world coot old world coral snake old world crayfish old world flycatcher old world hop hornbeam old world jay old world least weasel old world leishmaniasis old world mistletoe old world monkey old world oriole old world porcupine old world quail old world rabbit old world robin old world scops owl old world vulture old world warbler old world white pelican old world yew oldfield oldie oldness oldster olduvai gorge oldwench oldwife pain threshold paper gold pinfold plasmodial slime mold pot marigold potato mold protective fold safehold scaffold scissors hold scold scotch marigold sheepfold slime mold stokehold stranglehold stronghold sun marigold taking hold the good old days threshold throttlehold toehold trifid bur marigold true slime mold true vocal fold ventricular fold vestibular fold vocal fold water mold white gold wold wrestling hold Overview of noun old The noun old has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. old -- (past times (especially in the phrase "in days of old")) Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((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") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (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") Antonyms of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) young (vs. old), immature => adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged => baby(postnominal), infant(postnominal), infantile => boyish, boylike, schoolboyish => childlike, childly => early => formative => girlish, schoolgirlish => junior => little, small => newborn => puppyish, puppylike => tender, vulnerable => youngish => youthful, vernal Sense 2 old (vs. new) new (vs. old) => brand-new, bran-new, spic-and-span, spick-and-span => fresh => hot, red-hot => newborn, newly arisen, new-sprung(postnominal) => newfound => novel, refreshing => parvenu, parvenue => recent => revolutionary, radical => rising => sunrise(postnominal) => untested, untried => unused => virgin Sense 3 old INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 old(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA familiar) -> unfamiliar Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten INDIRECT (VIA unoriginal) -> original Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old INDIRECT (VIA preceding) -> succeeding Sense 7 Old INDIRECT (VIA late, early) -> middle INDIRECT (VIA early, middle) -> late Sense 8 old older INDIRECT (VIA experienced) -> inexperienced Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA genuine) -> counterfeit, imitative Similarity of adj old 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => aged, elderly, older, senior => aged(postnominal), of age(prenominal) => aging, ageing, senescent => ancient => anile => centenarian => doddering, doddery, gaga, senile => emeritus, retired => gray, grey, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary, white-haired => middle-aged => nonagenarian => octogenarian => oldish => overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill => venerable => darkened => retired, superannuated => sexagenarian Also See-> experienced#1; mature#3; senior#1 Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age-old, antique => antediluvian, antiquated, archaic => antique => auld => cold, stale => hand-me-down, hand-down => hoary, rusty => immemorial(predicate) => long-ago => longtime(postnominal) => patched => secondhand, used => sunset => yellow, yellowed Also See-> noncurrent#1; nonmodern#1; past#1; stale#1; worn#1 Sense 3 old => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 old(postnominal) => familiar (vs. unfamiliar) Sense 5 old stale, moth-eaten => unoriginal (vs. original) Sense 6 previous(postnominal), old => preceding(postnominal) (vs. succeeding) Sense 7 Old => early (vs. middle) (vs. late) Sense 8 old older => experienced (vs. inexperienced) Sense 9 honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(postnominal), sure-enough(postnominal) => genuine (vs. counterfeit), echt Attributes of adj old 2 of 9 senses of old Sense 1 old (vs. young) => age Sense 2 old (vs. new) => age Familiarity of adj old old used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Grep of adj old acold age-old any old bifold blindfold bold cold day-old eightfold fivefold fold foretold fourfold gold household ice-cold manifold ninefold old old-fashioned old-hat old-maidish old-time old-womanish old-world olden older oldest oldish overbold sevenfold sixfold sold stone-cold tenfold threefold twofold unsold untold Overview of noun old The noun old has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. old -- (past times (especially in the phrase "in days of old")) Overview of adj old The adj old has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (515) old -- ((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") 2. (435) old -- (of long duration; not new "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money") 3. (179) old -- (of an earlier time; "his old classmates") 4. (101) old -- ((used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story") 5. (17) old stale, moth-eaten -- (lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new "moth-eaten theories about race") 6. (0) previous, old -- (just preceding something else in time or order "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger") 7. (3) Old -- ((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") 8. (2) old older -- (old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers") 9. honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old sure-enough -- (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")
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