The Clue
Ripened (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AGED
Tags
Notes
The answer AGED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Elderly
Hoary
Mature
Matured
Mellowed
Middle-___
Old
Ripe
___ in the wood
On in years
Became mellow
Creaky, maybe
Describing nonagenarians
Improved, in a way
Like Enos
Like Methuselah
Like a patriarch
Like Tithonus
Like wine
Long in the tooth
Mellow, as wine
Not young
Prepared brandy
Turned gray
Wrinkled, maybe
Kept in a cellar, perhaps
Like Enos, in the Bible
Like fine wine
Like many ports
Like some ports
___ P, Dickens character
___ P., Dickens character
Like some cheddar cheese
Ready to get drunk, perhaps
Definition
AGED as a noun:
1. (aged, elderly) = people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
AGE as a verb:
1. begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
2. (senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate) = grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
3. make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
AGED as an adjective:
1. (aged, elderly, older, senior) = advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
2. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"
3. (aged, of age) = having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
4. (aged, ripened) = of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"
5. (aged, cured) = (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)