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force-ripe

adjective

  1. (of fruit) prematurely picked and ripened by squeezing or warm storage
  2. precocious, esp sexually
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to ripen (prematurely picked fruit) by squeezing or warm storage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Force ripe bananas through a sieve to make the banana purée.

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