🍌ripen

verb
/ˈraɪpən/

Meaning

to become or make something ready to eat or fully developed

Example Sentences

The bananas ripened quickly in the warm weather.

Synonyms

mature, develop, age, mellow

Antonyms

rot, decay

Collocations

ripen fruit, ripen crops, quickly ripen, ripen fully

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