what does antique mean?
ANTIQUE as NOUN
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- any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
Hypernyms(s) antique is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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Hypernyms(s) antique is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
ANTIQUE as VERB
- Meaning
- give an antique appearance to
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Hypernyms(s) antique is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- We went antiquing on Saturday
Hypernyms(s) antique is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ANTIQUE as ADJECTIVE
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- a suit of rather antique appearance
- demode (or outmoded) attire
- outmoded ideas
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- belonging to or lasting from times long ago
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- age-old customs
- the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness
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- made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age
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- the beautiful antique French furniture
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