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Definition of Ripe

1. Adjective. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. "Full-bodied mature wines"

2. Adjective. Fully prepared or eager. "The colonists were ripe for revolution"

3. Adjective. Most suitable or right for a particular purpose. "The time is ripe for great sociological changes"

4. Adjective. At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge. "A ripe mind"

5. Adjective. Far along in time. "The ripe age of 90"

Definition of Ripe

1. n. The bank of a river.

2. a. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

3. v. i. To ripen; to grow ripe.

4. v. t. To mature; to ripen.

Definition of Ripe

1. Adjective. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. ¹

2. Adjective. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. ¹

5. Adjective. Ready for action or effect; prepared. ¹

6. Adjective. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. ¹

7. Adjective. (obsolete) Intoxicated. ¹

8. Adjective. (legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law. ¹

9. Adjective. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor. ¹

10. Noun. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened. ¹

11. Verb. To ripen or mature ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ripe

1. fully developed [adj RIPER, RIPEST] : RIPELY [adv] / to cleanse [v RIPED, RIPING, RIPES] - See also: cleanse

Medical Definition of Ripe

1. 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. "So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap." (Milton) 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." "He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one." (Shak) 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; said of sores, tumours, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. "While things were just ripe for a war." (Addison) "I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies." (Burke) 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. "Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip." (Shak) 7. Intoxicated. "Reeling ripe." Synonym: Mature, complete, finished. See Mature. Origin: AS. Ripe; akin to OS. Ripi, D. Rijp, G. Rief, OHG. Rift; cf. AS. Rip harvest, ripan to reap. Cf. Reap. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripe

rip tide rip to shreds rip up riparial riparian riparian area riparian buffer riparian forest riparian right riparian wetland

riparians riparious ripazepam ripcord ripcords ripe (current term) ripe(p) ripe cataract ripe olive ripeck

ripecks riped ripely ripen ripen up ripened ripener ripeners ripeness ripenesses

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