Dictionary Entry
mature
mature is a 6-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 18 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
- 2superlative
Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
- 3superlative
Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
- 4superlative
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
- 5transitive verb
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
- 6intransitive verb
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
- 7intransitive verb
Hence, to become due, as a note.
- 8verb
cause to ripen and discharge pus
"The oil suppurates the pustules"
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- 9verb
grow old or older
"She aged gracefully"
"we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
- 10verb
cause to ripen or develop fully
"The sun ripens the fruit"
"Age matures a good wine"
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- 11verb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
"He matured fast"
"The child grew fast"
- 12verb
become due for repayment
"These bonds mature in 2005"
- 13verb
develop and work out fully in one's mind
"I need to mature my thoughts"
- 14adjective
fully considered and perfected
"mature plans"
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- 15adjective
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
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- 16adjective
having reached full natural growth or development
"a mature cell"
- 17adjective
characteristic of maturity
"mature for her age"
- 18adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
"ripe peaches"
"full-bodied mature wines"
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