Entry Word: old

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being of advanced years and especially past middle age <every day the old fisherman set out in his small boat to brave the dangers of the sea> — see elderly
2 dating or surviving from the distant past <an extremely old piece of jewelry was discovered in the Egyptian ruins> — see ancient 1
3 having been such at some previous time <I ran into my old fourth-grade teacher yesterday> — see former