ripen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become ripe.
half-ripened
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a word derived from
ripen.
Example Sentences
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He always speaks in a low voice, a voice that sounds like a September breeze rustling through a field of dry, half-ripened corn.
From Time Magazine Archive
A sycamore overhung the river and somebody had climbed out upon a small branch to reach a few half-ripened grapes growing on a vine that ran up the tree.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Annie Roe Carr
The propagation is by means of cuttings; slips of half-ripened wood, taken during the warmest months, if put in sandy loam in a cucumber frame, will root like willow.
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
Plumbago.—These pretty evergreens will grow in any soil, and can be propagated in September by cuttings of half-ripened wood having a heal, planted in a sandy soil, and kept near the glass in a greenhouse.
From Gardening for the Million by Alfred Pink
Nothing in Nature is more lovely than a valley of green half-ripened rice-paddy, surrounded by verdant hills.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
