ripen
verb
, ˈrī-pᵊm\
, ˈrīp-niŋ \
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, ˈrīp-nər \
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age, develop, grow, grow up, mature, progress
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After the fruit ripens, that pseudostem dies and new pseudostems sprout from the base around it. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, "Yes, We’ll Have No Bananas," 20 Aug. 2019 The pulp of that flesh contains hypoglycin, a poisonous chemical, which dissipates as the fruit ripens. — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, "Coming Back to Ackee and Salt Fish, Jamaica’s National Dish," 1 July 2019 The fruit emits ethylene gas and trapping that within the bag will help the fruit ripen. — Becca Miller, Good Housekeeping, "How to Ripen Peaches for Perfect Summer Fruit Every Time," 28 June 2019 Allow the tomatoes to ripen during the day, then while still daylight, pick all the red ones and those that have a little yellow or pink at the blossom end. — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "Bay Area gardeners outsmart cunning rats to save their tomato crops," 19 Aug. 2019 Side head production will also be suppressed in favor of the plant trying to ripen seeds from those flowers. — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, "It’s time for midsummer harvesting: Use it or lose it," 2 Aug. 2019 Most that lean over are left to rest on their sides to ripen, but sometimes these suffer sunscald that damages the fruit. — Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com, "Zinnias can be added to summer gardens in Florida," 27 July 2019 All European pears, such as Bartlett, must not be allowed to ripen on the tree. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "Garden Q&A: Dealing with brown patch fungus in your lawn and inedible pears," 25 July 2019 This low-pressure weather system has just 24 hours or so to ripen into a full-fledged tropical storm. — Susan Scutti, CNN, "A weather system heading toward Florida has 60% chance of developing into Tropical Storm Chantal," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ripen.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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