ripen
(verb) grow ripe; “The plums ripen in July”
ripen, mature
(verb) cause to ripen or develop fully; “The sun ripens the fruit”; “Age matures a good wine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ripen (third-person singular simple present ripens, present participle ripening, simple past and past participle ripened)
(intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
(intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
(transitive) To cause to mature; to make ripe
(transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection
• Perin, Piner, Prine, Repin, repin
Source: Wiktionary
Rip"en, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ripened;p. pr. & vb. n. Ripening.]
1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
2. To approach or come to perfection.
Rip"en, v. t.
1. To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
2. To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment. When faith and love, which parted from thee never, Had ripined thy iust soul to dwell with God. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
