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AGEING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

Synonyms:

ageing; aging; senescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("ageing" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ageing"):

catabiosis (normal aging of cells)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

Synonyms:

ageing; aging; ripening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("ageing" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ageing"):

mellowing (the process of becoming mellow)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Growing old

Synonyms:

ageing; aging; senescent

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb age

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 Context examples: 

Telomeres are the ends of chromosomes, the shortening of which can cause cell ageing and the lengthening of which can cause cancer.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

Now, the team used a genetically modified mouse model to study cellular ageing and regeneration.

(Scientists Discover Molecule that Could Reverse Cellular Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Some social insects, such as bees, do have breeders with genetic profiles that delay ageing – but this has never been documented in our fellow mammals.

(Breeder meerkats age faster, but their subordinates still die younger, University of Cambridge)

Researchers at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) João Lobo Antunes, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, have found that manipulating a single RNA molecule is enough to reverse cellular ageing.

(Scientists Discover Molecule that Could Reverse Cellular Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The secret of long life for meerkats is not to battle the inevitable declines of ageing, but to be the ruler of your community, profiting from social support and cracking down on would-be rivals.

(Breeder meerkats age faster, but their subordinates still die younger, University of Cambridge)