verb Download 🔗Share To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen. Examples : "The cheese needs to maturate in a cool, dark cellar for several months before it's ready to eat. " biology plant fruit food age process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To promote the perfect suppuration of (an abscess). Examples : "The doctor used a warm compress to maturate the small abscess on my arm, hoping to draw the infection to the surface. " medicine physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To undergo perfect suppuration. Examples : "The doctor waited for the boil to maturate before lancing it and draining the pus. " medicine physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading