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ripe Definition

ripe (rīp)

adjective rip′·er, rip′·est

  1. fully grown or developed; specif., ready to be harvested and used for food, as grain or fruit
  2. like ripe fruit, as in being ruddy and full ripe lips
  3. sufficiently advanced, as by being kept in storage or subjected to treatment, to be ready for use ripe wine, ripe cheese
  4. fully or highly developed by study, experience, etc.; mature as in judgment, knowledge, etc. ripe wisdom
    1. characterized by full physical or mental development a person of ripe years
    2. advanced in years the ripe age of ninety
  6. ready to do, receive, or undergo something; fully prepared ripe for marriage
  7. ready for some operation, treatment, or process a boil ripe for lancing
  8. sufficiently advanced; far enough along (for some purpose): said of time
  9. having a strong, unpleasant smell

Etymology: OE, akin to reap

ripe Related Forms

ripe′ly adverb ripe′·ness noun

ripe Synonyms

ripe

modif.

  1. Ready to be harvested

    fully grown, fully developed, ruddy, red, yellow, plump, filled out, matured, ready, ripened; see also mellow 1.

    Antonyms green*, undeveloped*, half-grown.

  2. Improved by time and experience

    mature, mellow, wise, sweetened, increased, perfected, matured, aged, adult, experienced, discerning, sagacious, discreet, judicious, informed, versed, skilled, skillful, subtle, enlightened, sound, tolerant, forbearing, understanding, sympathetic, enriched, full; see also mature 1.

  3. Ready

    prepared, seasoned, consummate, perfected, finished, usable, fit, conditioned, prime, available, on the mark, completed; see also ready 2.

    Antonyms unfit*, unready*, unprepared.

ripe, in its basic application, implies readiness to be harvested, eaten, used, etc. ripe apples, a ripe cheese and, in extended use, full readiness to do or undergo something ripe for change; mature implies full growth or development, as of living organisms or the mind a mature tree, mature judgment; mellow suggests the qualities typical of ripe fruit, such as softness, sweetness, etc. and therefore stresses the absence of sharpness, harshness, etc. a mellow flavor, a mellow mood; adult is applied to a person who has reached complete physical or mental maturity, or legal majority, and to ideas, behavior, etc. that show mature thinking

RIPE Hacker Definition

Stands for Réseaux IP Européens and is one of the five regional bodies that administer the IP Address space. RIPE is set up as a collaboration between the European operators of IP networks.

See Also: AfriNIC; APNIC; Arin; LatNIC.

ripe Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • perfectly: Just perfectly ripe lawson squash blossoms are some very.
  • nearly: In other fields autumn sown barley is already nearly ripe.
  • yet: The question is not yet ripe for settlement in Scotland.
  • fully: Fully ripe they taste like a rich apricot jelly.
  • absolutely: Anyone who has ever seen Siegfried and Roy perform will realize that their act is absolutely ripe for parody.
  • quite: Their number is not yet full, and the world is not yet quite ripe for its doom.

Preposition: for

  • picking: The Teesside club offered a fee of £ 5million not long ago but they now feel that Derby County are ripe for the picking.
  • rediscovery: Now, with the release of a terrific retrospective, she is ripe for rediscovery.
  • redevelopment: There are plenty of brown field sites ripe for redevelopment.
  • taking: Thanks to Roman politics, greed and tyrrany Britain was now ripe for the taking.
  • parody: Anyone who has ever seen Siegfried and Roy perform will realize that their act is absolutely ripe for parody.
  • exploitation: The coastal areas chosen for the farms are usually mangrove swamps, seen as useless areas ripe for exploitation.

Modifies a noun

  • tannin: High quality fruit with good acidity and soft ripe tannins.
  • avocado: Sandwiches Avocado Mash the flesh of a ripe avocado with a fork.
  • mango: Despite using four ripe mangos, I can't taste them.
  • tomato: Real, ripe tomatoes are easily damaged in shipping.
  • banana: Banana Jam Cut up 2 cups of ripe bananas, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
  • peach: Oh by the way, a gently poached ripe peach is much sharper than you expect.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: All the objects can be stored in drama resource boxes and used when the time seems ripe.
  • become: Usually taken in late spring and early summer from young shoots before they start to become ripe, or woody and hard.

Browse dictionary entries near ripe

  1. ‹ riparian
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  3. ‹ rip-roaring
  4. ‹ rip-off
  5. ‹ rip cord
  6. ‹ rip
  7. ‹ riotous
  8. ‹ rioter
  9. ‹ riot gun
  10. ‹ Riot Act
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