Engels Woord van de dag

old

oud

Definities

Engels > Nederlands

old

1. vorig, voormalig

2. oud

Engels > Engels

old

1. adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

an old abandoned building; an old friend

2. adj. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.

a wrinkled old man

3. adj. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.

an old loaf of bread

4. adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).

I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

5. adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.

How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.

My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.

6. adj. Of an earlier time.:

7. adj. Former, previous.

My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians

8. adj. That is no longer in existence.

The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.

9. adj. Obsolete; out-of-date.

That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.

10. adj. Familiar.

When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.

11. adj. Tiresome.

Your constant pestering is getting old.

12. adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.

13. adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)

We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.

14. adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

15. n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.

A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.

Nederlands > Engels

oud

1. adj. old

De oude man en de zee. (The Old Man and the Sea.)

2. adj. stale (of bread)

Voorbeeldzinnen

We are not old.
    We zijn niet oud.
The old woman fell and could not get up.
    De oude vrouw viel en kon niet meer overeind komen.
She was only twenty years old.
    Ze was pas twintig jaar.
How old were you the first time you drank wine?
    Hoe oud was je toen je voor het eerst wijn dronk?
His car is two years old.
    Zijn auto is twee jaar oud.

Vorige woorden herzien

long	mirror	handbag	school desk
eighteen	red	hour	beer
living room	blink	small	pear
syringe	cymbal	underwear	seventy-nine

Willekeurig

elbow	bus	time	frying pan
alarm clock	talk	sailor	food
plant	vegetable	enemy	tap
dirty	artist	bedside table	canned food

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