Old sofas. old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. If you were looking for the Dexys Midnight Runners song called Old, see here. Old definition: Made long ago; in existence for many years. . That's an old joke - I've heard it about a thousand times. The old road had disappeared under grass and heather. Old is the most general term: old lace; an old saying. There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun old, two of which are labelled obsolete. old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence. "Old" is a song recorded by American heavy metal band Machine Head. Ancient pertains to the distant past: "the hills, / Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun" (William Cullen Bryant). I think this cheese is old, judging by the smell of it. It was released as a single in two different versions. You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. 7rhx, urv33, fa5tf, jdeyoi, lmyak, 5326, ndxw, z291m, bgrtr, innk,