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Noun
Definition: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
Definition: People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
Adjective
Definition: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
Definition: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
Definition: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
Definition: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
Definition: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"; "we had a grand old time"
Definition: 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"
Definition: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
Definition: Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
Definition: Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.