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ripen

rip·en
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rahy-puh n]
    • /ˈraɪ pən/
    • /ˈraɪ.pən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rahy-puh n]
    • /ˈraɪ pən/

Definitions of ripen word

  • intransitive verb ripen fruit, etc.: mature 1
  • transitive verb ripen fruit, etc.: make ripe 1
  • verb ripen When crops ripen or when the sun ripens them, they become ripe. 0
  • verb ripen to make or become ripe 0
  • intransitive verb ripen to become or make ripe; mature, age, cure, etc. 0

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Origin of ripen

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; ripe + -en1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Ripen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ripen popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for ripen

verb ripen

  • acidify — to convert into or become acid
  • age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
  • branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
  • come of age — If something comes of age, it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people.
  • coming of age — When something reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people, you can refer to this as its coming of age.

Antonyms for ripen

verb ripen

  • atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
  • atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • dry-rot — Plant Pathology. a decay of seasoned timber, resulting in its becoming brittle and crumbling to a dry powder, caused by various fungi. any of various diseases of plants in which the rotted tissues are dry.
  • go bad — not good in any manner or degree.

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