": a genus (the type of the family Olacaceae) of evergreen trees and shrubs distributed through the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Australia and having distichous leaves and small racemose flowers with three stamens":[]
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"a new approach to an old problem",
"She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.",
"I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!",
"The hotel was old and dingy.",
"the oldest known civilization in the region",
"The house we live in is 50 years old .",
"We went back to visit our old neighborhood.",
"Noun",
"Young and old alike will enjoy the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 10-year- old , who goes by Ellie, moved from New York City to Manchester, Vt., during the pandemic. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Back in the waiting room, still crying, the 2-year- old begged his mom, Lauren Von Allmen, to hold him. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
"Adele is gearing up for her upcoming shows at BST Hyde Park this weekend, and the 34-year- old gave a peek into her prep for the two-day run at the London festival. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The 54-year- old now has a net worth of $3 billion, which is based on his ownership of 6,906.1 million class A shares in the company. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Amid his battle with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the 83-year- old was placed under a temporary conservatorship in February 2021 that was made permanent that July. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The 23-year- old is originally from Horlivka in the eastern Donetsk region. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The 32-year- old isn't a stranger to being candid on social media (which Todd has since blocked her on). \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
"But all things considered, the 30-year- old was feeling OK in the aftermath. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The novel is told from the viewpoint of Davy Ross, a lonely 13-year old who is forced to move in with his estranged mother after his grandmother dies. \u2014 USA Today , 20 June 2021",
"There\u2019s a new old on the market: The early aughts are now vintage. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Andrea Vallone, a 27-year old who works at a major tech company, started banking on Hinge after hearing about the idea through Kawahata. \u2014 Kaya Yurieff And Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Tiz the Law, a majestic-looking colt with a striking white blaze covering most of his face, has established himself as the dominant 3-year old of this year and the heavy favorite in Saturday\u2019s Kentucky Derby. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Joi also testified on behalf of a change in state law that eliminated work permits for 16- and 17-year- olds . \u2014 Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2020",
"In 2018, just 25.6% of 16-year- olds were licensed to drive, down from 46.2% in 1983, according to a study by Michael Sivak, managing director of Sivak Applied Research. \u2014 Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"This showed that of the 14-18-year- olds who could read fluently, nearly 30% could not apply these reading skills to understand how to use an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) based on written instructions on the packet. \u2014 Azeez Gupta, Quartz India , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Three 16-year- olds and a 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday in Cleveland, police spokeswoman Sgt. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020"
"Middle English, from Old English eald ; akin to Old High German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, deep":"Adjective and Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for old Adjective old , ancient , venerable , antique , antiquated , archaic , obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete",
"Both of them are an old hand at putting together picnics. \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 19 June 2022",
"Forty years later, his 9-year- old hand prints still visible in a preserved chunk of cement set during the institute\u2019s groundbreaking ceremony, nearly everything about diabetes has changed. \u2014 Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 31 May 2022",
"Blatchford is an old hand at traditional barbecue, but wanted to offer the same delicious experience to vegans and vegetarians. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Surely, the youthful Sasaki benefited from a wise old hand at catcher. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Apr. 2022",
"In addition, an old hand at the sport, Herbie Blash, has returned from retirement to act as an advisor. \u2014 Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report , 18 Mar. 2022",
"Chevron is an old hand at exploiting the void in independent news. \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 21 Jan. 2022",
"To see an old hand like Clark make sparks with a newcomer like Cooley is to feel how quickly the world spins forward. \u2014 New York Times , 8 Dec. 2021",
"In April, a Highland Park spokesperson said an old hand grenade was found at the bottom of the bluff April 6. \u2014 Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com , 26 Oct. 2021"
"The kid had only a silly little plastic jacket, fake leather, like some motorcycle moll. Did they call them molls? Or were they something like \" old ladies ,\" as in \"She's my old lady .\"",
"\u2014 B. J. Oliphant"
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"Adolescence can be defined as that time of youthful ignorance in which we presume that we are morally superior to our parents. \u2026 The worst part of growing up is the painful realization that you are no better than your old man or old lady .",
"\u2014 Christine Nelson"
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"\"Uh, before I get into that, where's your wife now?\" \"My old lady ? Workin'.\"",
"An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Higgins also noted that Mary\u2019s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. \u2014 Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
"As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid , MacDougall starts to laugh, too. \u2014 cleveland , 8 Mar. 2021"
"When he had everybody around him, all of us, all the kids, my old man was in heaven.",
"\u2014 Philip Roth"
],
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"\"You see the back of that house with the broken porch rail. Mrs. Danaker lives there. She takes in washin'. Her old man was killed on the railroad.\"",
"\u2014 Jack London"
],
"river in southern Alberta, Canada, that rises in the Rocky Mountains near the border with British Columbia and flows 200 miles (320 kilometers) east to unite with the Bow River, forming the South Saskatchewan River":[]
"Their collection of old masters will be sold at the auction.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Perhaps your feelings for your old master have left you weakened. \u2014 Devan Coggan, EW.com , 22 June 2022",
"His skill at exploiting that new marketplace, says Woolery, could be a crucial weapon that even the the old master can't summon. \u2014 Shawn Tully, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022",
"The original kitchen was gutted and turned into a mudroom and walk-in pantry, and the old master bedroom became the new kitchen location. \u2014 Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, al , 16 Apr. 2022",
"By joining up with the Rebellion, she was eventually reunited with her old master , who had since donned the iconic black helmet and sold his soul to the Dark Side. \u2014 ELLE , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Zion resident Doug Ower said all of the savanna should remain forest preserve property, and the district should follow its 10-year- old master plan to restore wetlands there, rather than destroy them. \u2014 Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com , 20 Feb. 2022",
"Baca is realistic yet sanguine about the end of the old ways of thinking, the old master narratives of history. \u2014 Washington Post , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Jocelyn Maher, a 24-year- old master \u2019s student in upstate New York, said her friends and younger sister have mocked her for exchanging texts with potential paramours using Android phones. \u2014 Tim Higgins, WSJ , 8 Jan. 2022",
"In the film, shot in the early \u201870s, Bogdanovich played a young film director paying respect to an old master , played by John Huston. \u2014 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times , 6 Jan. 2022"
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"old money":{
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": people whose families have been rich for a long time",
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": a light olive color that is greener, stronger, and slightly darker than citrine, deeper than grape green, and redder and duller than average willow green":[]
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"definitions":{
": an often traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstition":[]
},
"examples":[
"Frogs won't give you warts. That's just an old wives' tale .",
"the old wives' tale about the full moon causing people to act crazy",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An old wives' tale that keeping raw, unpeeled onions out will keep your family safe from illnesses such as the flu is making the rounds on Facebook. \u2014 Katie Landeck, USA TODAY , 16 June 2020",
"The myth, which is partly based on an old wives' tale that claims that every year on the vernal and autumnal equinox, eggs are able to balance on their ends, appears to have surfaced annually since at least 2012. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Feb. 2020",
"The supposed toxicity of this Christmas classic is nothing more than an old wives' tale , Dr. Wismer says. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 14 Dec. 2018",
"Many doctors perceive the use of cod-liver oil for joint pain as an old wives' tale . \u2014 Houston Chronicle , 1 July 2018",
"When to Go to the Doctor Despite the old wives' tale , cranberry juice will not cure your UTI. \u2014 Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping , 12 Feb. 2018"
": national insurance under the U.S. government providing retirement benefits at age 65 and payments to survivors upon death of the insured \u2014 compare social security":[]
"In my generation, you were considered an old maid at 25.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"An old maid at six and twenty, Kate arrives in London with her mother, Lady Mary Sharma (Shelley Conn), and younger half-sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran). \u2014 Katie Rife, Rolling Stone , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Higgins also noted that Mary\u2019s fate as an old maid in this alternative universe, portrayed as hideous and sad, is presented as perfectly fine, appropriate and desirable for Annie in the real world. \u2014 Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Dec. 2021",
"As Beres laughs and tries to decipher who has the old maid , MacDougall starts to laugh, too. \u2014 cleveland , 8 Mar. 2021"
"Going old school in the era of spread offenses is wise, considering the Tigers are uncertain at QB and don\u2019t have a receiver on the roster that\u2019s emerged as an elite pass-catcher. \u2014 Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al , 31 Mar. 2022",
"After kicking it old school with fedoras, head over to The Southwest Museum of Clocks and Watches to see beautiful masterpieces including timepieces from around the world that date back more than 300 years. \u2014 Vicki Salemi, Chron , 23 Mar. 2022",
"When in doubt, says Digital River\u2019s Mr. Cheung, go old school . \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 19 Mar. 2022",
"In a scene old school fans will immediately recognize, the teaser kicks off by recreating the sitcom\u2019s opening credits. \u2014 Hunter Boyce, ajc , 8 June 2022",
"With a nod to the merrymaking atmosphere of old school Grateful Dead shows, HAYS Fest features more than 40 local art vendors, food vendors and two stages of music and other performing talent such as fire performances and other circus-type acts. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 25 May 2022",
"How about pursuing colleges old school and writing them letters? \u2014 oregonlive , 29 Apr. 2022",
"Ruth listening to only old school hip-hop is an obvious example. \u2014 Evan Romano, Men's Health , 24 Jan. 2022",
"The state funded two contracts \u2014 the first for about $9 million to build portable classrooms at the site so students could go to school while the old school was demolished and replaced. \u2014 Dave Altimari And Andrew Brown, courant.com , 13 Feb. 2022"
"There's an old saying that good fences make good neighbors.",
"a new approach to an old problem",
"She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.",
"I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!",
"The hotel was old and dingy.",
"the oldest known civilization in the region",
"The house we live in is 50 years old .",
"We went back to visit our old neighborhood.",
"Noun",
"Young and old alike will enjoy the movie.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The 10-year- old , who goes by Ellie, moved from New York City to Manchester, Vt., during the pandemic. \u2014 Ellen Mccarthy, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"Back in the waiting room, still crying, the 2-year- old begged his mom, Lauren Von Allmen, to hold him. \u2014 Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News , 1 July 2022",
"Adele is gearing up for her upcoming shows at BST Hyde Park this weekend, and the 34-year- old gave a peek into her prep for the two-day run at the London festival. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 30 June 2022",
"The 54-year- old now has a net worth of $3 billion, which is based on his ownership of 6,906.1 million class A shares in the company. \u2014 Yue Wang, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"Amid his battle with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer's disease, the 83-year- old was placed under a temporary conservatorship in February 2021 that was made permanent that July. \u2014 Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"The 23-year- old is originally from Horlivka in the eastern Donetsk region. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The 32-year- old isn't a stranger to being candid on social media (which Todd has since blocked her on). \u2014 Chaise Sanders, Country Living , 30 June 2022",
"But all things considered, the 30-year- old was feeling OK in the aftermath. \u2014 Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The novel is told from the viewpoint of Davy Ross, a lonely 13-year old who is forced to move in with his estranged mother after his grandmother dies. \u2014 USA Today , 20 June 2021",
"There\u2019s a new old on the market: The early aughts are now vintage. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2021",
"Andrea Vallone, a 27-year old who works at a major tech company, started banking on Hinge after hearing about the idea through Kawahata. \u2014 Kaya Yurieff And Sara Ashley O'brien, CNN , 2 Nov. 2020",
"Tiz the Law, a majestic-looking colt with a striking white blaze covering most of his face, has established himself as the dominant 3-year old of this year and the heavy favorite in Saturday\u2019s Kentucky Derby. \u2014 Dan Wolken, USA TODAY , 2 Sep. 2020",
"Joi also testified on behalf of a change in state law that eliminated work permits for 16- and 17-year- olds . \u2014 Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 22 May 2020",
"In 2018, just 25.6% of 16-year- olds were licensed to drive, down from 46.2% in 1983, according to a study by Michael Sivak, managing director of Sivak Applied Research. \u2014 Keith Naughton, Bloomberg.com , 10 May 2020",
"This showed that of the 14-18-year- olds who could read fluently, nearly 30% could not apply these reading skills to understand how to use an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) based on written instructions on the packet. \u2014 Azeez Gupta, Quartz India , 3 Feb. 2020",
"Three 16-year- olds and a 17-year-old were arrested Wednesday in Cleveland, police spokeswoman Sgt. \u2014 Adam Ferrise, cleveland , 12 Feb. 2020"
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English eald ; akin to Old High German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, deep":"Adjective and Noun"
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for old Adjective old , ancient , venerable , antique , antiquated , archaic , obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. old houses an old sweater of mine ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past. ancient accounts of dragons venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age. the family's venerable patriarch antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time. collected antique Chippendale furniture antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time. antiquated teaching methods archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time. the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence. a computer that makes earlier models obsolete",
"a family film that will appeal to youngsters and oldsters alike",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stalking the herd is easier than stalking the old and wary lone bull, which has been expelled from the flock by the young bloods, or stalking an old bull with an askaria young bull that serves as stooge and bodyguard to the oldster . \u2014 Robert Ruark, Field & Stream , 1 Dec. 2020",
"While Rivers was plotting and plodding his way to victory Sunday, another oldster threw five touchdown passes with his new team. \u2014 Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune , 4 Oct. 2020",
"The radical difference between the median and the mean means that there are some very, very rich oldsters out there, but Bill Gates and Bruce Springsteen are eligible for Social Security and Medicare simply by virtue of their age. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 10 Feb. 2020",
"Hipsters in groups, oldsters in couples, crowds of post-church patrons on Sundays and, almost always, families with very cheerful children. \u2014 Beth Segal, cleveland , 23 Jan. 2020",
"The old folks had Yoda as their feisty oldster and the kids now have Maz. 28. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 17 Dec. 2019",
"In a field of oldsters , the 37-year-old stands out. \u2014 Nr Editors, National Review , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Elderly dogs and cats may be too frail to interact safely with a rambunctious puppy or kitten despite the belief some people have that a younger animal may spark some life into the oldster . \u2014 Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 16 Nov. 2019",
"Four tales include a bigot, oldsters who find youth in playing kick the can, a misunderstood boy, and a terrified man on a plane. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 13 Sep. 2019"
"The interludes make for juicy lampoons of that unfortunate Western export, oleaginous showbiz faux-intimacy. \u2014 Peter Marks, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"The French state is represented effectively here by oleaginous High Commissioner De Roller (Magimel), a European long based in Tahiti. \u2014 Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 May 2022",
"The latest incident of the Trump coterie casting new light on previously routine corruption in Washington came earlier this month, courtesy not of Trump himself, but of his oleaginous son-in-law. \u2014 Casey Michel, The New Republic , 20 Apr. 2022",
"After tapping the oleaginous Gaetz, Biden said that crude from the Florida congressman could start flowing throughout the United States by the end of the week. \u2014 Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The same goes for the oleaginous Uriah Heep (Ben Whishaw), the legal clerk who can worm into people\u2019s brains, as if into their guts, with his show of humility. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 28 Aug. 2020",
"And there is the womanizing Mr. Mantalini, whose gift for oleaginous flattery always persuades his long-suffering wife to take him back. \u2014 Washington Post , 30 Apr. 2020",
"The administration\u2019s effort to promote Saudi Arabia as a regional proxy, to help effect its withdrawal, is also somehow oleaginous . \u2014 The Economist , 23 Apr. 2020",
"Critics described him variously as pompous, sycophantic, unctuous, oleaginous and obsequious. \u2014 Jo Craven Mcginty, New York Times , 2 Mar. 2020"
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