ripen
Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripeOf grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
» The berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)Of grain, fruit, flowers, etc., to grow ripe; to become mature.
Grapes ripen in the sun.
reifen
созрева́тьsozrevátʹ, зретьzretʹ, созре́тьsozrétʹ
зрі́тиzríty, дозріва́тиdozriváty
grow ripe
(intransitive)To approach or come to perfection.
ausreifen
(transitive)To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe.
The warm sun ripened the corn.
(transitive)To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection.
ripen the judgment
Examples
36 sentencesThe berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.
Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
Їхня дружба переросла у глибоке кохання. — tikan0
ruИх дружба переросла в глубокую любовь. — marafon
The grapes ripened well that summer.
Sunlight ripens and sweetens the grapes.
deDas Sonnenlicht lässt die Weintrauben reifen und süß werden. — Manfredo
The wheat grew and eventually ripened.
deDer Weizen wuchs heran und wurde schließlich reif. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *ripenen, extended form of ripen, from Old English rīpian. In the modeFrom Middle English *ripenen, extended form of ripen, from Old English rīpian. In the modern form, equivalent to ripe + -en (inchoative and factitive suffix). As in several other verbs, the alteration seems to have occurred during the time when the infinitive and plural ending -en was in the process of being lost (and was thus open to reinterpretation). The earliest attestation is deverbal Middle English ripening (“causing ripeness, ripening”).
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Forms
ripens, ripening, ripened, ripenedSynonyms
1 synonyms- cause to ripen or develop fully:mature
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle