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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overripen en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + ripen.

Meanings

  1. To ripen too much; to become overripe.
    • This wasn’t so problematic at first: exhaustion actually suits Christopher Wheeldon’s “Klavier,” a dark exploration of the moment when opulence overripens to decadence. 2007 February 15, Claudia La Rocco, “Dancers, and Their Company, Held Down by Gravity”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overripening Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overripens Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overripened Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overripened Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (4)

fr blettir (to ripen too much; to become overripe) · pl przejrzewać (to ripen too much; to become overripe) · mk презрева (to ripen too much; to become overripe) · pl przejrzeć (to ripen too much; to become overripe)