different between grow vs ripen

English

Etymology

From Middle English growen, from Old English gr?wan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?an? (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?reh?- (“to grow, become green”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????/, [??????]
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?/, [???o??]
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

grow (third-person singular simple present grows, present participle growing, simple past grew or (dialectal) growed, past participle grown or (dialectal) growed)

1. (ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

2. (ergative, of plants) To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

3. (intransitive) To appear or sprout.

4. (intransitive) To develop, to mature.

5. (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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6. (copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
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7. (intransitive, obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
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Antonyms

• shrink

Derived terms

Translations

References

• grow at OneLook Dictionary Search

Middle English

Verb

grow

1. Alternative form of growen

English

Etymology

From Middle English *ripenen (suggested by deverbal ripening (“causing ripness; ripening”)), equivalent to ripe +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?p?n/

Verb

ripen (third-person singular simple present ripens, present participle ripening, simple past and past participle ripened)

1. (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)

   Grapes ripen in the sun.

   • 1918, John Muir, Steep Trails Chapter XII

     […] the desert soil of the Great Basin is as rich in the elements that in rainy regions rise and ripen into food as that of any other State in the Union.

2. (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
3. (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe

   The warm sun ripened the corn.

4. (transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection

   ripen the judgment

   • 1673, John Milton, When Faith and Love which parted from thee never

     When Faith and Love which parted from thee never
     Had ripen'd thy just soul to dwell with God

Derived terms

• overripen
• ripening
• ripener
• ripeness

Translations

Anagrams

• Perin, Piner, Prine, Repin, repin

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ripen

1. definite masculine singular of ripe

Alternative forms

• ripa