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

1. adjective. To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.
2. adjective. To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess).
3. intransitive verb. To ripen; to become mature; specif/cally, to suppurate.
4. verb. ripen and generate pus

   "her wounds are festering"

   Synonyms: fester, suppurate

5. verb. grow old or older

   "She aged gracefully"

   "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"

   Synonyms: age, mature, senesce

6. verb. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

   "He matured fast"

   "The child grew fast"

   Synonyms: grow, mature

Synonyms

fester, suppurate, age, mature, senesce, grow

Common word forms

maturated, maturates, maturating

Words from these letters

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