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Eld Definition & Meaning

eld
noun
  1. 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"
  2. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"

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What does eld mean?
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" a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
What part of speech is eld?
Eld is a noun.
How many definitions does eld have?
Eld has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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