ripe

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From Old English rīpe, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rep- ‘to snatch’. Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

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ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

  1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
  2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
  3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
  4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
  5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
    • 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of 'Aeneis' by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:
      nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.
  6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
    • 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories[1], ISBN 0912516542, page 18:
      He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.
  7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
    • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,
      Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
  8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
    • 2004, Kenneth F. Warren, Administrative Law in the Political System[2], ISBN 0813341167, page 427:
      Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.
  9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
    • 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River[3], ISBN 0312423381, page 141:
      Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.

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ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds
Advanced to the state of fitness for use, of cheese and wine
Having attained its full development; mature
Maturated or suppurated, of sores and tumors
Ready for action or effect; prepared
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness
Intoxicated
Of a legal conflict between parties
Having a disagreeable odor
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ripe (plural ripes)

  1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
    • 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators[4], ISBN 0842024395, page 76:
      When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.
fruit or vegetable which has ripened

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ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

  1. To ripen or mature
to ripen or mature

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ripe

  1. Singular form of rippeet.

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ripe

  1. first-person singular present indicative of riper
  2. third-person singular present indicative of riper
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of riper
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of riper
  5. second-person singular imperative of riper

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ripe f.

  1. Plural form of ripa.

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