Usually means: Maturation process enhancing flavor, texture.
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  1. ripen: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ripen: Merriam-Webster
  3. ripen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ripen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ripen: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ripen: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ripen, ripen: Wordnik
  8. ripen: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ripen: Wiktionary
  10. ripen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ripen: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ripen: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ripen, ripen: Dictionary.com
  14. ripen: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ripen (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ripen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ripen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ripen: Rhymezone
  19. ripen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ripen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ripen: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ripen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ripen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ripen: Legal dictionary

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  1. ripen: Encyclopedia

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  2. ripen: Medical dictionary

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  1. ripen: Idioms

(Note: See ripened as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
verb:  (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
verb:  (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection

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