Associations to the word «Ripen»
Noun
- Womb
- Latitude
- Brie
- Fig
- Sugar
- Cluster
- Tree
- Vigor
- Juice
- Sow
- Bulb
- Centimeter
- Hemisphere
- Vegetable
- Orange
- Shine
- Variety
- Diameter
- Bough
- Affection
- Sap
- Dew
- Elm
- Shrub
- Perfection
- Cutting
- Sun
- Plant
- Growing
- Potato
- Rice
- Produce
- Texture
- Mold
- Bean
- Tendency
- Burgundy
- Soil
- Decay
- Fall
- Cone
- Fade
- Flowers
- Skin
- Champagne
- Cm
- Picking
- Flesh
- Spring
- Root
- Shade
- Taste
- Temperature
- Resolve
- Nut
- Moisture
- Pepper
- Summer
- Month
- Genius
- Lemon
- Tobacco
Adjective
Wiktionary
RIPEN, verb. (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature, as in botany: grain, fruit, flowers, and the like;
RIPEN, verb. (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
RIPEN, verb. (transitive) To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
RIPEN, verb. (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
RIPEN UP, verb. (idiomatic) (intransitive) to ripen; become ripe
Dictionary definition
RIPEN, verb. Cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine".
RIPEN, verb. Grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.