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ripe

/r/aI/p/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

    adj.all

    Examples
    Ripe peaches.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. The bank of a river.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. fully prepared or eager

    adj.all

    Examples
    The colonists were ripe for revolution.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. most suitable or right for a particular purpose

    adj.all

    Examples
    The time is ripe for great sociological changes.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge

    adj.all

    Examples
    A ripe mind.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. far along in time

    adj.all

    Examples
    A ripe old age.
    The ripe age of 90.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To ripen; to grow ripe.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  2. To mature; to ripen.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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