(old lady)
101Lady — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners associated with this (cf. GENTLEMAN). b (Lady) a title used by peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc. 2… …
102lady — n. (pl. ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners associated with this (cf. GENTLEMAN). b (Lady) a title used by peeresses, female relatives of peers, the wives and widows of knights, etc. 2… …
103lady — Synonyms and related words: Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, acceptable person, archduchess, baroness, best girl, better half, capital fellow, common law wife, concubine, countess, dame, daughter of Eve, diamond,… …
104old girl — n. an old lady; a lively old lady. □ That old girl is still going. □ What makes an old girl like that so feisty? …
105old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… …
106Old — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the… …
107old, older — The everyday word for someone advanced in age is old. Old is also applied to anything in existence of long standing or that originated in a prior age: an old man, an old church, an old map, an old poem, an old model, an old family. Older is the… …
108old maid — Synonyms and related words: Victorian, bachelor girl, bluenose, feme sole, fuddy duddy, fuss, fuss budget, fusser, fusspot, goody goody, granny, lone woman, maid, maiden, maiden lady, mid Victorian, old lady, old woman, prig, prude, puritan,… …
109lady — 1. Wife. Mother. Often the (my) old lady. 2. good lady or lady wife Wife …
110old-man cactus — /ohld man / a Mexican cactus, Cephalocereus senilis, having a columnar body from 30 to 40 ft. (9 to 12 m) high with thatchlike, long, white hairs on the top, and red flowers with white centers. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * ▪ plant usually… …
