ripen
/ˈɹaɪpən/ verb B2- Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature. · Grapes ripen in the sun.
- To approach or come to perfection.
- To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe. · The warm sun ripened the corn.
- To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection. · ripen the judgment
He/she/it ripens · Past ripened · Past participle ripened · -ing form ripening
Verb forms
- Base form
- ripen
- He/she/it
- ripens
- Past
- ripened
- Past participle
- ripened
- -ing form
- ripening
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Yet I am certain that he does not wish their intimacy to ripen into love, and I have several times observed that he has taken pains to prevent them from being tête-à-tête.
Well, ever since then, the infernal project has been ripening in her brain.”
There was field upon field of ripening grain, with well-paved roads running between, and pretty rippling brooks with strong bridges across them.
A HALF-FAMISHED JACKDAW seated himself on a fig-tree, which had produced some fruit entirely out of season, and waited in the hope that the figs would ripen.
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