antique

antique has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• a.. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.
• a.. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe.
• a.. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."
• a.. Odd; fantastic.
• a.. In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases.
• n.. any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
• n.. an elderly man
• v.. give an antique appearance to; "antique furniture"
• v.. shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday"
• a.. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"
• a.. belonging to or lasting from times long ago; "age-old customs"; "the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness"
• a.. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"