How do you use Ripen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like mature or change, plus the exact meaning.
Ripen meaning
- to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
- To approach or come to perfection.
- To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
Using Ripen
- The main meaning on this page is: to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.) | To approach or come to perfection. | To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
- Useful related words include: mature, change, alter, modify.
- In the example corpus, ripen often appears in combinations such as: to ripen, they ripen, ripen and.
Context around Ripen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ripen
- In this selection, "ripen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apples, fully, first, completely and off stand out and add context to how "ripen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as they ripen and after they ripen wild tomatoes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ripen" sits close to words such as abang, abetting and accented, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ripen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cherries get sweeter as they ripen. (6 words)
Shallots, which need a warmer site, take 26 weeks to ripen. (11 words)
Instead, it would have been allowed to "ripen" until appropriate balance could be presented. (14 words)
Pear Bureau Northwest offers tips on ripening and judging ripeness: Although the skin on Bartlett pears changes from green to yellow as they ripen, most varieties show little color change as they ripen. (33 words)
However, when too much fruit is piled on top of each other then too much ethylene gas will be in the air, which will cause the produce to ripen too quickly and spoil. (33 words)
Water only if and when the plants wilt; and if frost comes before they ripen completely, harvest green tomatoes for cooking, or let them ripen on the counter inside. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Apples ripen from the outside of the tree towards the center, so the ones on the outside will ripen first.
Water only if and when the plants wilt; and if frost comes before they ripen completely, harvest green tomatoes for cooking, or let them ripen on the counter inside.
Other fruits, like pears, are picked when mature but before they ripen, then continue to ripen off the tree.
Over 400 varieties of mangoes are known, many of which ripen in summer, while some give double crop. citation The fruit takes three to six months to ripen.
Pear Bureau Northwest offers tips on ripening and judging ripeness: Although the skin on Bartlett pears changes from green to yellow as they ripen, most varieties show little color change as they ripen.
Fruits and vegetables often change colors when they ripen, and different parts of the plants they come from are different colors.
Given the much cooler temperatures, should I pick them and bring them inside or let them continue to ripen on the tree.
Instead, it would have been allowed to "ripen" until appropriate balance could be presented.
Shallots, which need a warmer site, take 26 weeks to ripen.
The gas will not only cause them to ripen and spoil quicker, but also, ruin any other fresh produce around banana.
They’re used to seeing ackee in cans, but I showed them how it needs to ripen on the tree.
When I grew tomatoes in earnest, the fruits would often ripen all at once.
After they ripen, wild tomatoes dry up so as not to rot too quickly, he said.
Avocados are unique fruits in that they do not ripen on the tree,” explained a food scientist, chef and executive director of the Arkansas Food Innovation Center.
Babies are born, old people die, prices continue to rise, the dishes stack up, politicians make promises, the apples ripen on the tree.
Cherries get sweeter as they ripen.
Fruits emit ethylene gas as they ripen, which can cause nearby unripe fruit to mature faster than you'd like.
He simply replies deadpan: "I just hope I'm still around before they fully ripen".
However, when too much fruit is piled on top of each other then too much ethylene gas will be in the air, which will cause the produce to ripen too quickly and spoil.
Most, if not all, plants of this family need the hot sun to ripen properly and need daily watering to keep them growing fast.
Common combinations with ripen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ripen 34×
- they ripen 13×
- ripen and 7×
- will ripen 6×
- ripen on 6×
- ripen in 6×
- not ripen 4×
- ripen at 4×
- apples ripen 3×
- ripen first 3×