- full-blown, matured - fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose"
Antonym: immature (indirect, via mature)
- mature, matured - fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
Antonym: undeveloped (indirect, via developed)
- mature, maturate, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
--1 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun maturement1, noun maturation1
Sam and Sue mature
- mature - develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
--2 is one way to explicate, formulate, develop
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun maturement1
Somebody ----s something
- mature - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- ripen, mature - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun maturement1
Something ----s something
- senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
--5 is one way to develop
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun maturation2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- suppurate, mature - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
--6 is one way to draw
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun maturation3
Somebody ----s something
- ripen, mature - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"