Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Fully developed; mature.
- adjective Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten.
- adjective Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned.
- adjective Advanced in years.
- adjective Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready.
- adjective Sufficiently advanced; opportune.
- adjective Sensuous and full.
- adjective Coarse or indecent; vulgar.
- adjective Emitting a foul odor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bank.
- noun Same as
rip . - Ready for reaping, gathering, or using; brought to completion or perfection; mature: usually said of that which is grown and used for food: as, ripe fruit; ripe corn.
- Advanced to the state of being fit for use, or in the best condition for use: said of mutton, venison, game, cheese, beer, etc., which has acquired a peculiar and approved flavor by keeping.
- Resembling ripe fruit in ruddiness, juiciness, or plumpness.
- Full-grown; developed; finished; having experience, knowledge, or skill; equipped; accomplished; wise; clever: as, a ripe judgment; a ripe old age.
- Mature; ready for some change or operation, as an ovum for discharge from the ovary, an abscess for lancing, a cataract for extraction, or a fish for spawning.
- Ready for action or effect: often preceded by a specific word: as, bursting ripe, fighting ripe—that is, ready to burst, or to fight.
- Synonyms Mature, Ripe. See
mature . - To search (especially, pockets); rummage; hence, to plunder.
- To poke.
- To sweep or wipe clean; clean.
- To examine strictly.
- To break up (rough ground).
- To ripen; grow ripe; be matured. See
ripen . - To grow old.
- To mature; ripen; make ripe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The bank of a river.
- intransitive verb obsolete To ripen; to grow ripe.
- transitive verb obsolete To mature; to ripen.
- adjective Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc..
- adjective Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
- adjective Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- adjective Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- adjective Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- adjective Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- adjective obsolete Intoxicated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection;
mature ; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. - adjective Advanced to the state of
fitness for use;mellow ; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. - adjective figuratively Having attained its full development;
mature ;perfected ;consummate . - adjective archaic Maturated or
suppurated ; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. - adjective Ready for action or effect;
prepared . - adjective Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- adjective obsolete Intoxicated.
- adjective law Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a
court of law . - adjective
Smelly : having a disagreeableodor . - noun agriculture A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
- verb To
ripen ormature
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fully prepared or eager
- adjective far along in time
- adjective at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Our word ripe began as an Old English word meaning “ready for reaping,” and like reap comes ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning “to cut.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Our word ripe began as an Old English word meaning “ready for reaping,” and like reap comes ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning “to cut.”
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The quality that makes this title ripe for reinvention is how it foreshadowed the technological explosions to come.
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The quality that makes this title ripe for reinvention is how it foreshadowed the technological explosions to come.
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hernesheir commented on the word ripe
Ripe: "In Wales a wooden hone, looking much like a small cricket bat, was called a ripe." - Sir Hugh Rhys Rankin, Radnorshire; The Countryman LIV(3), Autumn 1957, p. 571.
November 2, 2009