RIPEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • grow ripe
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The plums ripen in July
   
   Hypernyms(s) ripen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   • maturate (what does maturate mean?)
   • grow (what does grow mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • ripening (what does ripening mean?)
   • maturement (what does maturement mean?)
2. Meaning
   • cause to ripen or develop fully
   
   Synonym(s)
   • mature (what does mature mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • The sun ripens the fruit
   • Age matures a good wine
   
   Hypernyms(s) ripen is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   
   Cause(s)
   • ripen (what does ripen mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • ripening (what does ripening mean?)
   • maturement (what does maturement mean?)
   • maturation (what does maturation mean?)
   • ripening (what does ripening mean?)
   • maturement (what does maturement mean?)