antique

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. an elderly man
• Syn:
old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer
• Hypernyms:
old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah
2. any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
• Derivationally related forms:
antiquate
• Hypernyms:
antiquity

II - verb

1. shop for antiques
- We went antiquing on Saturday
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
shop, browse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- In the summer they like to go out and antique
2. give an antique appearance to
- antique furniture
• Syn:
antiquate
• Derivationally related forms:
antique (for: antiquate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - adjective

1. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age (Freq. 2)
- the beautiful antique French furniture
• Similar to:
old
• Derivationally related forms:
antiquity
2. out of fashion (Freq. 2)
- a suit of rather antique appearance
- demode (or outmoded) attire
- outmoded ideas
• Syn:
demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded,
passe, passee
• Similar to:
unfashionable, unstylish
• Derivationally related forms:
old-fashionedness (for: old-fashioned)
3. belonging to or lasting from times long ago
- age-old customs
- the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness
• Syn:
age-old
• Similar to:
old
• Derivationally related forms:
antiquity

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  age-old, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe, passee, old-timer, oldtimer, gaffer, old geezer, antiquate