Dictionary Entry
ripen
ripen is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
- 2intransitive verb
To approach or come to perfection.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
- 4transitive verb
To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
- 5verb
grow ripe
"The plums ripen in July"
- 6verb
cause to ripen or develop fully
"The sun ripens the fruit"
"Age matures a good wine"
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