Ripened is an English word with synonyms like aged or ripe. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ripened meaning
simple past and past participle of ripen
Using Ripened
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of ripen
- Useful related words include: aged, ripe, mature.
- In the example corpus, ripened often appears in combinations such as: ripened over.
Context around Ripened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ripened
- In this selection, "ripened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vine, tree, mango, tomatoes, due and mango stand out and add context to how "ripened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a mango ripened due to and a naturally ripened mango on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ripened" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ripened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some of the last of the season ripened over the week. (11 words)
For example, he plucks uniform sized ripened chilies and keeps them aside for seven days. (15 words)
They should be firm when harvesting, rather than soft, and are then ripened at room temperature. (16 words)
Farmers selling products at the market are using techniques to start seeds earlier, get them in the ground when there is still snow on the fields and produce field-ripened vegetables much earlier than customers might think they'd be ready, Orr said. (43 words)
Green olives usually produce more bitter oil, and overripe olives can produce oil that is rancid, so for good extra virgin olive oil care is taken to make sure the olives are perfectly ripened. (34 words)
However, in botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary or carpel that contains seeds, a nut is a type of fruit and not a seed, and a seed is a ripened ovule. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
On the other hand, a mango ripened due to chemicals looks yellow and white while a naturally ripened mango on the tree looks completely yellow from the inside.
However, in botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary or carpel that contains seeds, a nut is a type of fruit and not a seed, and a seed is a ripened ovule.
Ripened bananas (left, under sunlight ) fluoresce in blue when exposed to UV light "Tree-ripened" Cavendish bananas have a greenish-yellow appearance which changes to a brownish-yellow as they ripen further.
It’s a cuisine that encapsulates the essence of the Mediterranean, with a generous use of olive oil, fresh herbs, and an abundance of sun-ripened produce.
For example, he plucks uniform sized ripened chilies and keeps them aside for seven days.
In severe cases, consumption of chemically ripened mangoes can lead to vomiting, diarrhoea, extreme weakness, and headaches.
His face has tanned a shade of terra cotta from weeks spent under the summer sun, blue eyes gleaming like just-ripened berries on the bush.
In today's "Fielding Questions" column, a reader shows that we don't need to head south to enjoy tree-ripened citrus.
It is surrounded by ripe tomatoes (you can use quartered vine-ripened tomatoes, cherry or Juliet tomatoes), garlic cloves, topped with butter and more oregano.
Some of the last of the season ripened over the week.
You have discovered at least two rules that were previously unknown to you, and you have also ripened your understanding of another rule that had previously been barely comprehensible.
Critics say the delay can lead to poorer quality, as vine-ripened tomatoes have a seven-day shelf life.
Farmers selling products at the market are using techniques to start seeds earlier, get them in the ground when there is still snow on the fields and produce field-ripened vegetables much earlier than customers might think they'd be ready, Orr said.
Ingredients: Green peppers, fresh-cut onions, mushrooms, ripe black olives, vine-ripened Roma tomatoes, and real cheese made from mozzarella.
They should be firm when harvesting, rather than soft, and are then ripened at room temperature.
In the decades since those lines were written, the material conditions for socialism have ripened to a degree that even Marx could not have fathomed.
It starts sweet on the tongue; grainy and bready caramel malt follow, reminiscent of ripened tree fruit as they merge with the coming citrus and tropical medleys.
Green olives usually produce more bitter oil, and overripe olives can produce oil that is rancid, so for good extra virgin olive oil care is taken to make sure the olives are perfectly ripened.
He kept detailed observations on Concord's nature lore, recording everything from how the fruit ripened over time to the fluctuating depths of Walden Pond and the days certain birds migrated.
In the 19th century, bright tobacco began to be harvested by pulling individual leaves off the stalk as they ripened.
Common combinations with ripened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: