Dictionary Entry
maturate
maturate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
- 2adjective
To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
- 3intransitive verb
To ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to suppurate.
- 4verb
ripen and generate pus
"her wounds are festering"
- 5verb
grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
- 6verb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
"He matured fast"
"The child grew fast"
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