What is the meaning of aged?

noun

• People who are old collectively.
  • usage: "special arrangements were available for the aged"
  • synonyms: elderly

verb

• Begin to seem older; get older.
  • usage: "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
  • synonyms: age
• Grow old or older.
  • usage: "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day-what a depressing thought"; "Young men senesce"
  • synonyms: senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate
• Make older.
  • usage: "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
  • synonyms: age

adjective

• Advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables. )
  • usage: "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
  • synonyms: elderly, older, senior
• At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable. )
  • usage: "aged rocks"
• Having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable. )
  • usage: "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
  • synonyms: of age
• Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable. )
  • usage: "mature well-aged cheeses"
  • synonyms: ripened
• Used of tobacco. ( aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)).
  • synonyms: cured