ripen
verb/ˈraɪpən/
Frequency rank: #18,096 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to become ripe or fully developed, especially of fruit
Example sentence
Farmers wait for tomatoes to ripen before they harvest them.
Synonyms & related words
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