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English noun: eld | |||
| 1. | eld (time) a late time of life | ||
| Samples | Old age is not for sissies. He's showing his years. Age hasn't slowed him down at all. A beard white with eld. On the brink of geezerhood. | ||
| Synonyms | age, geezerhood, old age, years | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dotage, second childhood, senility | ||
| Part holonym | eighties, mid-eighties, mid-nineties, mid-seventies, mid-sixties, nineties, seventies, sixties | ||
| 2. | eld (time) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | ||
| Samples | She was now of school age. Tall for his eld. | ||
| Synonyms | age | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time of life | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | age of consent, drinking age, legal age, majority, minority, nonage, voting age | ||
| Part meronym | life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime | ||
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