- aged, ripened - of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"
Antonyms: green, unripe, unripened, immature (indirect, via ripe)
- ripen, mature - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun ripening1
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- ripen - grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
--2 is one way to mature, maturate, grow
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun ripening1
Something ----s