Crossword clues for ripening
ripening
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ripened;p. pr. & vb. n. Ripening.]
To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
To approach or come to perfection.
Wiktionary
n. The process of becoming ripe. vb. (present participle of ripen lang= en)
WordNet
n. coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: maturation, maturement]
acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time [syn: aging, ageing]
Wikipedia
Ripening is a process in fruits that causes them to become more palatable. In general, a fruit becomes sweeter, less green, and softer as it ripens. Even though the acidity of fruit increases as it ripens, the higher acidity level does not make the fruit seem tarter. This is attributed to the Brix-Acid Ratio.
Usage examples of "ripening".
Quietly, she sat down a few feet from him, breathing deeply of the sweet, cidery scent of ripening apples.
Her body, with its angular contours, its unexpected junctions of mucous membrane and hairline, detrusor muscle and erectile tissue, was a ripening anthology of perverse possibilities.
But it was the young bluegrass and ripening fescue and feather grasses that predominated, turning the steppes into waves of softly billowing silver accented by shadows of blue sage.
After Traigh, the head stableman, saddled Laith, she rode northward to Moytura, past the crops ripening in the fields, the many farmsteads and barns along the way.
Doric architecture of the frottola had to be developed into the Italian Renaissance style of the madrigal by the ripening of the craft of composers in adapting the music of ecclesiastical polyphony to the communication of worldly thought.
I looked out at green meadows, oast houses, the ripening hops and the fruit-laden trees of the orchards which were a feature of this part of the country.
Spreading his cloak so that it covered both his head and that of the deceased, the ancient ollamh remained in this morbid communion despite the ripening stink of death.
Blackberries were ripe, or ripening, and every wild rose bush had its smooth, red, ovular fruits.
He had all the survival seasons before him: the season of the midge, of the cattail flowering, of salal ripening, of salmonberries, the season of grubs and ants -- a season for each food.
In both town and country violent anger was then directed at those supposed to be thwarting his will: municipal officials who were said to have hoarded grain and flour to drive the price up, brigands and aristocrats who to starve the people had cut grain while it stood ripening in the fields.
He had been unshaven for days, perhaps weeks, and his beard, unreaped, showed divers colors, as of a field partially ripening here and there.
Like mushy cherries, they may soften after harvest, but more from decay than from ripening.
While the powers on the continent of Europe were thus employed in strengthening their respective interests, and concerting measures for preventing any interruption of the general tranquillity, matters were fast ripening to a fresh rupture between the subjects of Great Britain and France, in different parts of North America.
For Europe the alliance between Roman and Goth, between the grandson of Theodosius, Emperor of Rome, and the successor of Alaric, the besieger of Rome, was of priceless value and showed that the great and statesmanlike thought of Ataulfus was ripening in the minds of those who came after him.
Lips pursed, she waited with a ripening, not unpleasurable apprehension for Robin to do his thing.