| verb | develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation “He matured fast” |
| verb | develop and work out fully in one's mind “I need to mature my thoughts” |
| verb | become due for repayment “These bonds mature in 2005” |
| verb | cause to ripen or develop fully “The sun ripens the fruit” |
| verb | grow old or older “She aged gracefully” |
| verb | cause to ripen and discharge pus “The oil suppurates the pustules” |
| adjective | fully ripe; at the height of bloom “a full-blown rose” |
| adjective | fully considered and perfected “mature plans” |
| maturement | noun | coming to full development; becoming mature |
| maturation | noun | coming to full development; becoming mature |
| growth | noun | a progression from simpler to more complex forms |
| growing | noun | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level |
| ripening | noun | coming to full development; becoming mature |
| senescent | adjective | growing old |
| age | noun | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises |
| suppuration | noun | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |