ripened

«ripened» in Mova's school dictionary: Became ripe: fruit or grain grew ready to eat or harvest — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb, past form of «ripen» (ripen, ripens, ripened, ripening); adjective (ripened)

meaning for a pupil

1) Became ripe: fruit or grain grew ready to eat or harvest. tree →

2) Made something ripe. tree →

3) (of ideas, plans, cheese) Developed fully over time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons it describes fruit changing colour, getting softer and sweeter. In everyday life green bananas ripened on the windowsill. Old phrases: «the time was ripe» means the right moment had come. Phrases: «sun-ripened», «ripened on the vine».

examples

• The tomatoes ripened in the greenhouse. tree →
• The bananas ripened faster in a paper bag. tree →
• Sun-ripened strawberries taste the sweetest. tree →
• By August the wheat had ripened. tree →
• The cheese ripened in a cave for months. tree →
• Her plan ripened slowly over the summer. tree →

note

Past form of «ripen». Fact: some fruits like bananas, avocados and pears keep ripening after picking; others, like strawberries and grapes, do not. Ethylene gas from bananas speeds up ripening of nearby fruit.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ripened» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.