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Adjective mature has 5 senses
- mature - characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
Antonyms: immature, adolescent, jejune, juvenile, puerile, babyish, childish, infantile, callow, inexperienced, naive, unsophisticated
- mature, matured - fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
Antonym: undeveloped (indirect, via developed)
- mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
Antonyms: immature, adolescent, embryonic, embryologic, embryonal, formative, inchoative, larval, prepubescent, prepubertal, prepupal, pubescent, pupal, underdeveloped, unformed
- ripe, mature - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
- fledged, mature - (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Verb mature has 6 senses
- mature, maturate, grow - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
--1 is one way to develop
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue mature
- mature - develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
--2 is one way to explicate, formulate, develop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- mature - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- ripen, mature - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
--5 is one way to develop
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- suppurate, mature - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
--6 is one way to draw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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