Old Definition–adjective | 1. | far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree. | | 2. | of or pertaining to the latter part of the life or term of existence of a person or thing: old age. | | 3. | as if or appearing to be far advanced in years: Worry had made him old. | | 4. | having lived or existed for a specified time: a man 30 years old; a century-old organization. | | 5. | having lived or existed as specified with relation to younger or newer persons or things: Jim is our oldest boy. | | 6. | having been aged for a specified time: This whiskey is eight years old. | | 7. | having been aged for a comparatively long time: old brandy. | | 8. | long known or in use: the same old excuse. | | 9. | overfamiliar to the point of tedium: Some jokes get old fast. | | 10. | belonging to the past: the
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good old days. | | 11. | having been in existence since the distant past: a fine old family. | | 12. | no longer in general use: This typewriter is an old model. | | 13. | acquired, made, or in use by one prior to the acquisition, making, or use of something more recent: When the new house was built, we sold the old one. | | 14. | of, pertaining to, or originating at an earlier period or date: old maps. | | 15. | prehistoric; ancient: There may have been an old land bridge between Asia and Alaska. | | 16. | (initial capital letter ) (of a language) in its oldest known period, as attested by the
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earliest written records: Old Czech. | | 17. | experienced: He's an old hand at welding. | | 18. | of long standing; having been such for a comparatively long time: an old and trusted employee. | | 19. | (of colors) dull, faded, or subdued: old rose. | | 20. | deteriorated through age or long use; worn, decayed, or dilapidated: old clothes. | | 21. | Physical Geography. (of landforms) far advanced in reduction by erosion or the like. | | 22. | sedate, sensible, mature, or wise: That child seems old beyond his years. | | 23. | (used to indicate affection, familiarity, disparagement, or a personalization): good old Bob; that dirty old jalopy. | | 24. | Informal. (used as an intensive) great; uncommon: a high old time. | | 25. | former; having been so formerly: a dinner for his old students. | –noun | 26. | (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually prec. by the): appropriations to care for the old. | | 27. | a person or animal of a specified age or age group (used in combination): a class for six-year-olds; a horse race for three-year-olds. | | 28. | old or former time, often time long past: days of old. | |
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Coke Definition–noun | 1. | the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals. | –verb (used with object), verb (used without object) | 2. | to convert into or become coke. | |
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Machine Definition–noun | 1. | an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. | | 2. | a mechanical apparatus or contrivance; mechanism. | | 3. | Mechanics. | a. | a device that transmits or modifies force or motion. | | b. | Also called simple machine. any of six or more elementary mechanisms, as the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, scre
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w, wedge, and inclined plane. | | | 4. | Older Use. | a. | an automobile or airplane. | | | 5. | a bicycle or motorcycle. | | 6. | a vending machine: a cigarette machine. | | 7. | any complex agency or operating system: the machine of government. | | 8. | an organized group of persons that conducts or controls the activities of a political party or organization: He heads the Democratic machine in our city. | | 9. | a person or thing that acts in a mechanical or automatic manner: Routine work had turned her into a machine. | | 10. | any of various contrivances, esp. those formerly used in theater, for producing stage effects | | 11. | some agency, personage, incident or other feature introduced for effect into a literary composition. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to make, prepare, or finish with a machine or with machine tools. | |
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