ripening

«ripening» in Mova's school dictionary: becoming ripe — ready to eat, soft, sweet and coloured — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (-ing of ripen: ripen, ripens, ripened, ripening); noun (ripening — the process)

meaning for a pupil

1) Ripening means becoming ripe — ready to eat, soft, sweet and coloured. tree →

2) Ripening can describe something that is slowly developing or getting ready. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science (plants and life cycles): fruit ripens after flowers are pollinated; bananas change from green to yellow. Everyday life: put an unripe avocado in a bag with a banana to speed up ripening, because ripening fruit gives off a gas (ethylene). Seasons: the ripening corn in late summer. Phrases: ripening fruit, ripening in the sun, ripening process.

examples

• The tomatoes are ripening on the windowsill. tree →
• Ripening bananas turn from green to yellow. tree →
• The apples are ripening in the orchard. tree →
• Sunshine helps the ripening of grapes. tree →
• Put the pears in a bag to speed up ripening. tree →
• Fields of ripening wheat turned gold. tree →

note

From ripe → ripen (-en makes a verb: become ripe) → ripening. Unripe fruit can be hard and sour; overripe fruit is too soft. Some fruit keeps ripening after picking (bananas), some does not (grapes).

Trees and pragmatics

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