(~s, maturing, ~d, ~r, ~st)
1.
When a child or young animal ~s, it becomes an adult.
You will learn what to expect as your child ~s physically...
= grow up
VERB: V
2.
When something ~s, it reaches a state of complete development.
When the trees ~d they were cut in certain areas...
VERB: V
3.
If someone ~s, they become more fully developed in their personality and emotional behaviour.
Hopefully after three years at university I will have ~d...
VERB: V
4.
If you describe someone as ~, you think that they are fully developed and balanced in their personality and emotional behaviour.
They are emotionally ~ and should behave responsibly...
ADJ approval
5.
If something such as wine or cheese ~s or is ~d, it is left for a time to allow its full flavour or strength to develop.
Unlike wine, brandy ~s only in wood, not glass.
...the cellars where the cheeses are ~d.
VERB: V, be V-ed
6.
Mature cheese or wine has been left for a time to allow its full flavour or strength to develop.
Grate some ~ cheddar cheese.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
7.
When an investment such as a savings policy or pension plan ~s, it reaches the stage when you stop paying money and the company pays you back the money you have saved, and the interest your money has earned. (BUSINESS)
These bonuses will be paid when your savings plan ~s in ten years’ time.
VERB: V
8.
If you say that someone is ~ or of ~ years, you are saying politely that they are middle-aged or old.
...a man of ~ years who had been in the job for longer than most of the members could remember.
ADJ politeness