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# ripen

«ripen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to become ready to eat, soft and sweet, as fruit and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (ripen, ripens, ripened, ripening)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ripen means to become ready to eat, soft and sweet, as fruit and crops do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#m1)

2) To ripen something means to make it ripe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#m2)

3) A plan or a situation ripens when it becomes ready or right for action. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes how the wheat and spelt were not harmed by the plague of hail because they ripen late. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the late crops were spared as a sign of God's careful control over the plagues. In the primary lessons: In science, fruits ripen as they change colour and their starch turns to sugar; bananas give off a gas (ethylene) that ripens other fruit. In farming, wheat ripens before harvest. «Ripen» uses «-en» to mean «become»: ripe → ripen, wide → widen.

### examples

- But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. — (Torah EXO.9.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x1)
- The tomatoes ripened in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x2)
- Put the avocado in a bag with a banana to ripen it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x3)
- The wheat ripens in late summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x4)
- Green bananas ripen in a few days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x5)
- The apples are ripening on the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x6)
- Cheese ripens slowly in a cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/#x7)

### note

Past: ripened. Adjective: ripe. Opposite: unripe; too ripe = overripe.

### In the corpora

- [But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.267/)
- [Unripe fruit is more acidic; as fruit ripens, sugar goes up and acid goes down.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ripen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ripen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.