Words that rhyme with ripened

• bookend 3
  n 1: a support placed at the end of a row of books to keep them upright (on a shelf or table)
• amend 0
  v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document" 2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen] 3: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
• append 0
  v 1: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement, affix] 2: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn: append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on] 3: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append, supply]
• apprehend 0
  v 1: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend] 2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop] 3: anticipate with dread or anxiety [syn: apprehend, quail at]
• ascend 0
  v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn: ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly" 3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" 4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up] 5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware" 6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill" 7: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set] 8: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn: ascend, move up, rise]
• attend 0
  v 1: be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" [syn: attend, go to] [ant: miss] 2: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see] 3: to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation" 4: work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years" [syn: serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assist] 5: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear]
• befriend 0
  v 1: become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"
• bend 0
  n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn] 2: movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend] 3: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend, curve] 4: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend] 5: a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range 6: diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left [syn: bend, bend dexter] v 1: form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend, flex] [ant: straighten, unbend] 2: change direction; "The road bends" 3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend] 4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend, bow] 5: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away] 6: bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn: flex, bend]
• blend 0
  n 1: an occurrence of thorough mixing 2: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau] 3: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend, blending] v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" [syn: blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle] 2: blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn: blend, go, blend in] 3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
• boyfriend 0
  n 1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn: boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
• commend 0
  v 1: express approval of 2: present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world" 3: give to in charge; "I commend my children to you" 4: express a good opinion of [syn: commend, recommend] 5: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember]
• comprehend 0
  v 1: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend] 2: to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: perceive, comprehend] 3: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover]
• defend 0
  v 1: argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike" [syn: defend, support, fend for] 2: be on the defensive; act against an attack [ant: assail, attack] 3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" [syn: defend, guard, hold] 4: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend] 5: protect or fight for as a champion [syn: champion, defend] 6: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" [syn: defend, represent] [ant: prosecute] 7: state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" [syn: maintain, defend]
• depend 0
  v 1: be contingent upon (something that is elided); "That depends" 2: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn: count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
• descend 0
  v 1: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down, come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise] 2: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, come, descend] 3: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend] 4: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall, descend, settle]
• distend 0
  v 1: become wider; "His pupils were dilated" [syn: dilate, distend] 2: cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body" 3: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
• dividend 0
  n 1: that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly 2: a number to be divided by another number 3: a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
• stipend 0
  n 1: a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
• subtend 0
  v 1: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn: subtend, delimit]
• subtrahend 0
  n 1: the number to be subtracted from the minuend
• superintend 0
  v 1: watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?" [syn: oversee, supervise, superintend, manage]
• suspend 0
  v 1: hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them" 2: cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles" 3: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend, debar] 4: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze, suspend] 5: make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan" [syn: suspend, set aside] 6: render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
• tend 0
  v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 2: have care of or look after; "She tends to the children" 3: manage or run; "tend a store"
• transcend 0
  v 1: be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass] 2: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top]
• trend 0
  n 1: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" [syn: tendency, trend] 2: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn: course, trend] 3: a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" [syn: drift, trend, movement] 4: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" [syn: vogue, trend, style] v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut]
• unbend 0
  v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay 3: free from flexure; "unbend a bow" [ant: bend, deform, flex, turn, twist] 4: make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn: relax, unbend] 5: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up] 6: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"
• upend 0
  v 1: become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended" 2: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the contents"
• vend 0
  v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
• weekend 0
  n 1: a time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive days including one and only one Sunday v 1: spend the weekend
• and 0
• brightened 0

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