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overripen

overripen verb: to ripen too much; to become overripe.

Verb

overripen (third-person singular simple present overripens, present participle overripening, simple past and past participle overripened)

  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 of overripen

third-person singular presentoverripens
present participleoverripening
past participleoverripened
pastoverripened

Origin of overripen

From over- + ripen.

Questions about overripen

What does overripen mean?
Overripen means to ripen too much; to become overripe.
What part of speech is overripen?
Overripen is a verb.
What is the past tense of overripen?
The past tense of overripen is overripened.

Words near overripen in the dictionary

  1. overring
  2. overringing
  3. overrings
  4. overripe
  5. overripely
  6. overripen
  7. overripened
  8. overripeness
  9. overripening
  10. overripens
  11. overrise

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