noun open country.
2. old ·superl more than enough; abundant.
3. old ·superl used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity.
4. old ·superl worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
5. old ·superl long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
6. old ·superl long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
7. old ·superl old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
8. old ·superl formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
9. old ·superl not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
10. old ·superl aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth;
used disparagingly as a term of reproach.
11. old ·superl not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
12. old ·superl continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence;
designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.