'Ripen' definitions:
Definition of 'ripen'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" [syn: ripen, mature]
verb
Grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
Definition of 'Ripen'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Ripen'
From: GCIDE
- Ripen \Rip"en\, v. t.
- 1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. [1913 Webster]
- When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ripen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- age,
- alter into,
- attain majority,
- be converted into,
- bear fruit,
- beautify,
- become,
- better,
- bloom,
- blossom,
- blow,
- bring to maturity,
- change into,
- come of age,
- come round to,
- come to fruition,
- come to maturity,
- complete,
- crown,
- culminate,
- cultivate,
- develop,
- do to perfection,
- elaborate,
- embellish,
- enhance,
- evolute,
- evolve,
- evolve into,
- fall into,
- fester,
- finish,
- fledge,
- flourish,
- flower,
- grow,
- grow up,
- heighten,
- improve,
- intensify,
- lapse into,
- leave the nest,
- matter,
- maturate,
- mature,
- mellow,
- melt into,
- open into,
- pass into,
- perfect,
- polish,
- progress,
- rankle,
- reach its season,
- reach manhood,
- reach maturity,
- reach twenty-one,
- reach voting age,
- refine,
- ripe,
- ripen into,
- run,
- run into,
- season,
- settle down,
- settle into,
- shift into,
- suppurate,
- temper,
- toga virilis,
- turn into,
- turn to,
- wax,
- weep