grow ripe

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• Ripe — Ripe, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ripe — 01. These bananas are getting pretty [ripe]; we d better eat them soon. 02. See those white parts on the strawberries? That means they re not [ripe] yet. 03. My kids actually like the sour taste of [unripe] cherries. 04. The apples are picked… …   Grammatical examples in English

• grow — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, age, appreciate, arise, attain majority, balloon, be changed, be converted into, bear fruit, become, bloat, bloom, blossom, boom, breed, brew, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, care for,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• grow up — Synonyms and related words: age, arise, ascend, attain majority, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, blow, brew, bring to maturity, burgeon, come of age, come to fruition, come to maturity, come up, curl upwards, develop, fledge, flourish, flower, gather …   Moby Thesaurus

• ripe — Synonyms and related words: accomplished, adult, age, aged, all ready, all set, appropriate, apt, archetypical, armed, armed and ready, auspicious, befitting, blase, booted and spurred, briefed, classic, coached, cocked, complete, consummate,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ripen — (v.) to grow ripe, 1560s, from RIPE (Cf. ripe) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Ripened; ripening. Earlier, the verb was simply ripe, from late O.E. ripian, from the adjective …   Etymology dictionary

• rípian — wv/i2 to become ripe, ripen, to grow ripe, to mature …   Old to modern English dictionary

• ripen — I. v. n. 1. Grow ripe, be matured. 2. Be fitted, be prepared. II. v. a. 1. Mature, bring to maturity, make ripe, bring to perfection. 2. Mature, fit, prepare …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Ripen — Rip en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.] 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach or come to perfection. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ripened — Ripen Rip en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.] 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach or come to perfection. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ripening — Ripen Rip en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripening}.] 1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach or come to perfection. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English