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Meaning of 'ripe' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ripe [ n.]
- The bank of a river.
2 . Ripe [ superl.]
- Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- Intoxicated.
3 . Ripe [ v. i.]
- To ripen; to grow ripe.
4 . Ripe [ v. t.]
- To mature; to ripen.

Meaning of 'ripe' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ripe [ a]
Meaning (1):
- fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
Example in sentence:
  • full-bodied mature wines;
  • ripe peaches
2 . ripe [ s]
Meaning (2):
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Example in sentence:
  • a good time to plant tomatoes;
  • the right time to act;
  • the time is ripe for great sociological changes
Meaning (3):
- far along in time
Example in sentence:
  • a man of advanced age;
  • a ripe old age;
  • advanced in years;
  • the ripe age of 90
Meaning (4):
- at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
Example in sentence:
  • a ripe mind
Meaning (5):
- fully prepared or eager
Example in sentence:
  • the colonists were ripe for revolution

Nearby Words:

rip riparian riparious ripely ripen ripened ripeness ripening ripidolite ripienist

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