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Definition of Ripening
1. Noun. Coming to full development; becoming mature.
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Derivative terms: Maturate, Maturational, Mature, Mature, Mature, Mature, Ripen, Ripen
2. Noun. Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
Specialized synonyms: Mellowing
Generic synonyms: Biological Process, Organic Process
Definition of Ripening
1. Noun. The process of becoming ripe. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of ripen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ripening
1. ripen [v] - See also: ripen
Medical Definition of Ripening
1. Denoting progressive oxidation of dye solutions, as in the ripening of haematoxylin solutions to haematein or of methylene blue to azure dyes. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripening
Literary usage of Ripening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1872)
"On (he Change» which occur in Plant» during the ripening of the Seeds, in order
to ensure the access of the Air an/I Light as well as ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"If the butter is churned from properly ripened cream, and at the proper ripening
stage, and the butter washed in purified water, very few undesirable germs ..."
3. Experimental Agriculture: Being the Results of Past, and Suggestions for by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1849)
"Does lime always hasten the ripening of corn? In my little work on the Use of
Lime, I have stated, " that it is true of all our cultivated crops, ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"Artificial ripening of persimmons, dates and other fruits has been practiced for
many years, but some particular substance has always been deemed essential, ..."
5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1895)
"CHANGES THAT OCCUR IN ripening CORN. BY CF CURTISS. The great importance of corn
as a forage and grain crop has induced the writer to record some ..."
6. Climatology of the United States by Lorin Blodget (1857)
"Months of growth and ripening of Wheat and like Grains in the United States ...
In the warmer interior climates where the winter is cold the ripening month ..."
7. The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom, Walter Warner Fisk (1918)
"They reach numbers comparable with those of the first group, reaching their
maximum number within the first month of ripening. Since they develop after the ..."
8. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"In the pericarps of most fleshy fruits (grape, pear, apple, peach, strawberry),
sugar exists before germination, ready formed in the process of ripening. ..."
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