Definition of "ripens" [ripens]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ripen. (verb)

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• "White Wonder is a regular old slicing tamata, except its white skin ripens to the faintest yellow."
• "A whole different dimension with which karma ripens - in other words, another dimension with which results come from these karmic actions - has to do with what we were speaking about in the beginning of this lecture, which is this dimension of happy and unhappy."
• "They should, of course, be cut off along with the bough on which they may happen to be growing; and it is important to remember that this should be done before the seed ripens, which is usually at the beginning of the monsoon."