- ripening, aging, ageing - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
--1 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--1 has particulars: mellowing - aging, ageing, senescence - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
--2 is a kind of organic process, biological process
--2 has particulars: catabiosis
- age - begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
--1 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue age
- senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
--2 is one way to develop
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun age3, noun age4
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- age - make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: rejuvenate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun age4
Something ----s somebody
- senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"