| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
Synonyms: |
age, come of age, grow up, mellow |
| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow |
Synonyms: |
advance, cultivate, develop, evolve |
| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
Synonyms: |
age, bloom, develop, evolve, flower, fruit, grow, heighten, improve, maturate, mellow, perfect, season |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become older |
Synonyms: |
decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, mature, mellow, push, put mileage on, ripen, wane |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | cultivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop land for growing |
Synonyms: |
breed, crop, dress, farm, fertilize, garden, harvest, labor, manage, mature, plant, plow, prepare, propagate, raise, ripen, seed, tend, till, work |
Antonyms: |
destroy, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cultivate, prosper |
Synonyms: |
advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, ripen, thrive |
Antonyms: |
halt, repress |
| Main Entry: | evolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, derive, disclose, educe, elaborate, emerge, enlarge, excogitate, expand, get, grow, increase, mature, obtain, open, result, ripen, unfold, work out |
Antonyms: |
block, decrease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
Synonyms: |
acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
Synonyms: |
abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become adult, fully grown |
Synonyms: |
advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, grow up, maturate, mellow*, mushroom, perfect, prime, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down, shoot up |