ripen

verb/ˈraɪpən/CEFR B2

পাকা, পরিণত হওয়া

Meaning

To become ripe, or to make fruit or crops become ripe.

Example sentences

The mangoes ripen in summer.গ্রীষ্মকালে আমগুলো পাকে।
The sun ripens the grain.সূর্যের তাপ শস্য পাকিয়ে তোলে।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: mature

Similar words, and what each means

mature
পরিণত, পরিপক্ব
Fully grown or developed; behaving like an adult.

Other English words for “পাকা, পরিণত হওয়া”

ripe
(Of fruit or crops) fully grown and ready to eat.
turn into
To change, or to change something, into a different thing.

“ripen” elsewhere on EnglishBD

Grishmakal, the summer of Baishakh and Jaishtha, is hot and dry, when ponds shrink, kalbaishakhi storms break over the fields in the evening, and mango, jackfruit and litchi ripen.
Six Seasons of Bangladesh →
My mother says the mangoes ripen too evenly to be natural.
Dialogue: About Food Adulteration →
Tomatoes turn red when they ripen.
tomato — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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“ripen” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • সাহায্য করা, সহায়তা করা
- • বাস করা, বেঁচে থাকা
- • পাকা, পরিণত হওয়া
- • সতেজ করা, তাজা করা
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পাকা, পরিণত হওয়া — ripen (verb) — পাকা, পরিণত হওয়া. To become ripe, or to make fruit or crops become ripe.
Which word is closest in meaning to “ripen”?
- • commence
- • multitask
- • mature
- • defer
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mature — mature — পরিণত, পরিপক্ব. Fully grown or developed; behaving like an adult.

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