old
/oʊld/
adjective
- Having lived for a long time; no longer young.
- My grandmother is very old, but she still walks every morning.
- He felt old at thirty after working for ten years straight.
- The old dog slept by the fireplace all day.
- Belonging to a past time; not new or modern.
- We found an old coin buried in the garden.
- She loves reading old books from the 19th century.
- The old castle has stood on the hill for over 500 years.
- Having a specified age.
- How old is your car?
- Her son is five years old and starts kindergarten next week.
- The tree is over a hundred years old.
- Used to refer to something that has been known or used for a long time (often affectionately).
- He still drives his old truck from college.
- Let's watch an old movie we both love.
- I'm going to visit my old friend Sarah this weekend.
- No longer in use; discarded or worn out.
- I need to throw away these old shoes with holes in them.
- They tore down the old factory to build a park.
- She gave her old clothes to charity.
noun
- People who are old (usually with 'the').
- The old often need extra help with daily tasks.
- A community center offers activities for the old.
- We should respect the old and learn from their experience.
- A previous time or era (usually with 'the').
- He longs for the old when people wrote letters by hand.
- In the old of the village, life was much simpler.
- Stories from the old are passed down through generations.