Definition: cause to ripen and discharge pus
Usage: The oil suppurates the pustules
Main entry: maturate, mature, get on, senesce, age
Definition: grow old or older
Usage: She aged gracefully; we age every day--what a depressing thought!; Young men senesce
Definition: cause to ripen or develop fully
Usage: The sun ripens the fruit; Age matures a good wine
Main entry: maturate, mature, grow
Definition: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Usage: He matured fast; The child grew fast
Main entry: mature
Definition: become due for repayment
Usage: These bonds mature in 2005
Main entry: mature
Definition: develop and work out fully in one's mind
Usage: I need to mature my thoughts
Definition: fully considered and perfected
Usage: mature plans
Definition: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Main entry: mature
Definition: having reached full natural growth or development
Usage: a mature cell
Main entry: mature
Definition: characteristic of maturity
Usage: mature for her age
Definition: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
Usage: ripe peaches; full-bodied mature wines