What is the meaning of antique?

noun

  • An elderly man.
  • Any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity.

verb

  • Shop for antiques.
    • usage: "We went antiquing on Saturday"
  • Give an antique appearance to.
    • usage: "antique furniture"

adjective

  • Made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age.
    • usage: "the beautiful antique French furniture"
  • Out of fashion.
    • usage: "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
  • Belonging to or lasting from times long ago.
    • usage: "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
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