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Ripe
rʌɪp
Ripe definitions
adjective
ripe
riper
ripest
- (of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating
"a ripe tomato"
- (of a cheese or wine) fully matured
"a ripe Brie"
- (of a smell or flavour) rich, intense, or pungent
"rich, ripe flavours emanate from this wine"
- having arrived at the fitting stage or time for a particular action or purpose
"land ripe for development"
ready fit suitable right opportune advantageous favourable auspicious propitious promising heaven-sent good right fortunate benign providential felicitous well timed convenient expedient suitable appropriate apt fitting- full of
"a population ripe with discontent"
- (of a person's age) advanced
"she lived to a ripe old age"
- (of a female fish or insect) ready to lay eggs or spawn
"ripe females will stop and spawn with one or more males"
- (of a person's language) beyond the bounds of propriety; coarse
"I think my language may have been a little ripe outside the church"