ripens
Grows harvest-ready
Ripens is the third-person singular of ripen, meaning to become ripe or to make something ripe.
Fruit ripens on the vine, cheese ripens with age, and conditions ripen for change.
The word applies to anything that matures or reaches readiness: The tomatoes ripen in late summer.
Experience ripens judgment.
Reaches full growth
- developsComes into being gradually
- evolvesChanges gradually over time
- progressesMoves forward steadily
- advancesForward movements or progress
unfolds · blossoms · flourishes · seasons · cultivates · refines · grows · readies
Gathering mature crops
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- mellowSoft, ripe, relaxed
- juicyFull of moisture
sweet · succulent · plump · fleshy · pulpy · picking · seasonal · tropical
matures
Reaches full growth
- developsComes into being gradually
- evolvesChanges gradually over time
- progressesMoves forward steadily
advances · unfolds · blossoms · flourishes · seasons · cultivates · refines · grows · readies · peaks
harvest
Gathering mature crops
juicy · sweet · succulent · plump · fleshy · pulpy · picking · seasonal · tropical · berry
ages
Extended time spans
wheels · rinds · caves · bloomy · washed · brie · camembert · cheddar · gouda · parmesan
readiness
State of being prepared
opportune · patience · waiting · anticipation · watching · timing · window · optimal · perfect · fullness
- maturesages, mellows, seasons, ferments, cures
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- ripe for the pickingEasily obtained or exploited
- ripe old ageImpressively long life
- ripe fruitFully developed edible harvest
- ripe bananaMature tropical fruit
- too ripe
- vine ripe
ripe, ripen, unripe, ripening, ripened, overripe, ripeness, unripened, ripener