meaning of ripen
1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
2. To approach or come to perfection.
3. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
4. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
5. grow ripe; "The plums ripen in
">July"
Related Words
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