Search Details

Word: ripe (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
  • archaic Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
  • figurative Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
  • legal Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
  • Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  • obsolete Intoxicated.
  • Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  • Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
  • Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Noun:

  • agriculture A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Verb:

  • To ripen or mature

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »