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Ripens

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maturationnounThe process of becoming mature.
agingnounThe process of becoming older or more mature.
mellowingnounThe process of making or becoming mellow.
ageingnounUK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.
maturementnounmaturation
maturingverb(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
agesnoun(hyperbolic) A long time.
maturesverb(intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
unsuspectedNot suspected; not having raised suspicion.
ripenessnounThe characteristic of being ripe.
ripestOf a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
fruitingnoun(uncountable) The act of producing fruit, seeds, or spores; fructification.
rip rapnounAlternative form of riprap. [An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.]
rip upverb(transitive) To destroy by ripping.
harvestnoun(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
growsverbAlternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”). [(intransitive, archaic except Northern England, Scotland) To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble.]
reapsverb(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
rip outverbTo remove by ripping
rip apartverb(transitive, of a family) To be destroyed due to the malevolent actions of others.
riponnounA cathedral city and civil parish with a city council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3171).

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