About The Word Eld
Learn about the word Eld to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Eld definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Eld
| Eld Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Eld?
[n] a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
[n] a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Eld: age | geezerhood | old age | years Related Terms | Find terms related to Eld: See Also | age of consent | dotage | drinking age | eighties | legal age | life | lifespan | lifetime | majority | mid-eighties | mid-nineties | mid-seventies | mid-sixties | minority | nineties | nonage | second childhood | senility | seventies | sixties | time of life | voting age Eld In Webster's Dictionary \Eld\, a. [AS. eald.]
Old. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Eld\, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See {Old}.] 1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. --Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. --Spenser. 2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic] Astrologers and men of eld. --Longfellow. \Eld\, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.] \Eld\, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. --Rom. of R. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Gospeler ‐ a preacher of the…
- Twelfthtide ‐ the season…
- Fossilised ‐ set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or…
- European black alder ‐ medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins;…
- Atlantic bottlenose dolphin ‐ the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean;…
- Demi-glaze ‐ sauce Espagnole with extra beef stock simmered down and seasoned…
- Laid paper ‐ writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across…
- Fra filippo lippi ‐ Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style…
- Ureterorenal reflux ‐ a backflow of urine from the ureter into the…
- Take in water ‐ take in water at the bilge;…