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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom*, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, grow up, mellow*, mushroom, perfect, prime*, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down, shoot up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intensify; become inflamed |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, blister, canker, chafe, decay, gall, gather, irk, maturate, putrefy, rankle, rot, smolder, suppurate, ulcer, ulcerate |
| Antonyms: | dissipate, get better, heal, lessen |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mature |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become adult, fully grown |
| Synonyms: | advance, age, arrive, attain majority, become experienced, become wise, bloom, blossom, come of age, culminate, develop, evolve, fill out, flower*, grow, grow up, maturate, mellow*, mushroom, perfect, prime, progress, reach adulthood, reach majority, ripen, round, season, settle down, shoot up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ripen, mature |
| Synonyms: | age, arrive, develop, grow, grow up, improve, maturate, milden, mollify, perfect, ripe, season, settle down, soften, sweeten |
| Main Entry: | suppurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fester |
| Synonyms: | decay, discharge, maturate, putrefy, putresce |
| Main Entry: | ripen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mature |
| Synonyms: | age, bloom, develop, evolve, flower, fruit, grow, heighten, improve, maturate, mellow, perfect, season |
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