ageing
Americannoun
noun
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the process of growing old or developing the appearance and characteristics of old age
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the change of properties that occurs in some metals after heat treatment or cold working
adjective
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becoming or appearing older or elderly
an ageing car
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giving or creating the appearance of age or elderliness
that dress is really ageing on her
Example Sentences
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Australia were billed as ageing, ravaged by injuries and struggling to settle on an opening partnership.
From BBC
The story goes that the mutton galouti kebabs that have defined the city amongst visitors were created to feed an ageing nawab who had lost his teeth.
From BBC
Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments' failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested.
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"It's a natural part of ageing, not an illness or a disease," he says.
From BBC
Remember when the Australia squad was written off as ageing, creaking and over the hill?
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