ageing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- mellowing hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
growing old
Related & opposite
- agedness derivation
- senescence derivation
- senesce derivation
- old similar to
Sense 3 noun
the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- catabiosis hyponym
Related & opposite
- aging derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mellowing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | agedness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | senescence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | senesce |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | old |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aging |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | catabiosis |