age verb

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/eɪdʒ/ v [I or T] (UK ageing or US aging, aged, aged)

Definition

•

If someone ages or something ages them, they look older.

She's aged since the last time we met.

•

to develop in flavour or leave something to do this

The brandy is aged in oak for ten years.

(Definition of age verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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agate noun
age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)
age noun (PERIOD)
age noun (LONG TIME)
age noun (BEING OLD)
age verb
-age suffix (ACTION)
-age suffix (STATE)
-age suffix (PLACE)
age group noun
age limit noun

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-age suffix ACTION
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