The berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.
Source: tatoeba (66416)
Ripening
Synonyms for "ripening" (51 found)
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14 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 成熟 noun (process)
Czech
1 entries- zrání noun (process)
Finnish
1 entries- kypsyminen noun (process)
French
1 entries- maturité noun (process)
German
1 entries- Reifung noun (process)
Irish
2 entries- aibeachan noun (process)
- fionnadh noun (process)
Japanese
1 entries- 熟成 noun (process)
Polish
1 entries- dojrzewanie noun (process)
Russian
1 entries- созрева́ние noun (process)
Telugu
1 entries- పండించుట noun (process)
Ukrainian
3 entries- визріва́ння noun (process)
- дозріва́ння noun (process)
- достига́ння noun (process)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.
Source: tatoeba (1804095)
Nor less Andromache, sore grieved to part, / rich raiment fetches, wrought with golden thread, / and Phrygian scarf, and still with bounteous heart / loads him with broideries. "Take these", she said, / "sole image of Astyanax now dead. / Thy kin's last gifts, my handiwork, to show / how Hector's widow loved the son she bred. / Such eyes had he, such very looks as thou, / such hands, and oh! like thine his age were ripening now!"
Source: tatoeba (7153879)
These fruits, they are over ripening so let's eat them quickly.
Source: tatoeba (9981548)
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