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1. (v.i.) ripen
to make or become ripe.
2. ripen
to bring or come to the proper condition; mature.
3. ripen
to age to the desired flavor, texture, etc.:
to ripen cheese.
Etymology: (1715–25; < It: lit., chock-full =
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| Definition of 'ripen' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) ripen, mature
cause to ripen or develop fully
"The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
2. (verb) ripen
grow ripe
"The plums ripen in July"
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1. (verb) ripen
to become ripe
as the fruit ripens
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| Definition of 'ripen' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) ripen
to grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun
2. (verb) ripen
to approach or come to perfection
3. (verb) ripen
to cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn
4. (verb) ripen
to mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment
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Sense: to make or become ripe or riper
The sun ripened the corn; The corn ripened in the sun.
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 Afrikaans: rypword |
 Arabic: يُنْضِج |
 Bulgarian: узрявам |
 Brazilian: amadurecer |
 Czech: zrát |
 German: reifen |
 Danish: modne |
 Greek: ωριμάζω |
 Spanish: madurar |
 Estonian: küpsetama, küpsema |
 Farsi: رسیده شدن؛ به عمل آمددن |
 Finnish: kypsyä |
 French: (faire) mûrir |
 Hebrew: לְהַבשִׁיל |
 Hindi: पकाना |
 Croatian: zreti, dozrijevati |
 Hungarian: (meg)érlel; érik |
 Indonesian: mematangkan |
 Icelandic: þroska(st) |
 Italian: maturare, far maturare |
 Japanese: 熟れる |
 Korean: 익다, 성숙하다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)brandinti, (su)nokti |
 Latvian: []gatavināt; []gatavoties |
 Malay: ranum |
 Dutch: rijpen |
 Norwegian: modne(s), utvikle seg |
 Polish: przyspieszać dojrzewanie, |
 Persian: رسیده شدن؛ به عمل آمددن |
 Pashto: پوخ شوی |
 Portuguese: amadurecer |
 Romanian: a (se) coace |
 Russian: зреть |
 Slovak: zrieť, dozrievať |
 Slovenian: dozoreti, dozoriti |
 Serbian: sazreti |
 Swedish: mogna |
 Thai: ทำให้สุก |
 Turkish: olgunlaş(tır)mak |
 Taiwanese: (使)成熟 |
 Ukrainian: зріти, дозрівати |
 Urdu: پکنا |
 Vietnamese: làm chín |
 Chinese: 使...成熟，成熟 |
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