Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, literally, uncountable)An elderly woman.

    alte Frau, Alte, Greisin

    стару́хаstarúxa, стару́шкаstarúška, ста́рицаstárica

    стара́stará, стару́хаstarúxa, ба́баbába

    a woman who is old

  2. (countable, derogatory, informal)A person (irrespective of age or sex) who is always complaining about his or her situation.

    Stop being such an old woman and get on with it.

  3. (countable, informal, slang)One's wife.

  4. (countable, informal, slang)One's mother.

  5. (uncountable)The plant sea wormwood.

Examples

240 sentences
  1. The poor old woman had her bag stolen again.

    У бідної старенької знову вкрали її сумку. — iceman

    ruУ бедной пожилой женщины снова украли её сумку. — las

  2. Tom married an older woman.

    Том одружився на старшій жінці. — deniko

    ruТом женился на женщине постарше. — NastyaKayokhtina

  3. You're like an old woman.

    Ти неначе стара бабка. — deniko

    ruТы как бабка старая. — sikmir

  4. You like older women, don't you?

    ruТы любишь женщин постарше, да? — sharptoothed

    deDu stehst auf betagtere Frauen, was? — Yorwba

  5. You sound like an old woman.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: old women
Singularold woman
Pluralold women

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Synonyms

30 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant:dusty millerbeach wormwoodArtemisia stelleriana

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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