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

1. intransitive verb. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
2. intransitive verb. To approach or come to perfection.
3. transitive verb. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
4. transitive verb. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
5. verb. grow ripe

   "The plums ripen in July"

6. verb. cause to ripen or develop fully

   "The sun ripens the fruit"

   "Age matures a good wine"

   Synonyms: mature

Synonyms

mature

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ripen:

piner, prine, repin

Common word forms

ripens, ripened, ripener, ripening

Words from these letters

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