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    Rip·en
    /ˈrīpən/

    verb

    • 1. become or make ripe: "honeydew melons ripen slowly" Similar become ripematurecome to maturitymellow
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  3. When fruit becomes ripe and ready to eat, it ripens. Tomatoes will ripen after you pick them, becoming darker red and more juicy. You can use ripen to talk about the maturing process of all fruits, and some vegetables — apples, peppers, and corn all need to ripen before they're at the perfect, delicious state for being eaten. Figuratively ...

  4. Definition of ripen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  5. Ripen Definition. To make or become ripe or riper; mature. (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God. --Milton.

  6. to become ripe, or to make something become ripe: The peaches had ripened in the sun. (Definition of ripen from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  7. ripen definition: to become ripe, or to make something become ripe: . Learn more.

  8. ripen meaning, definition, what is ripen: to become ripe or to make something ripe...: Learn more.

  9. What does the verb ripen mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb ripen. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. ripen has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. plants (Middle English) pathology (late 1500s) economics and commerce (1890s) See meaning & use. How common is the verb ripen?

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