ripe

  1. Adjective.  Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
  2. Adjective.  Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
  3. Adjective.  (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
  4. Adjective.  (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
  5. Adjective.  Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  6. Adjective.  Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  7. Adjective.  (obsolete) Intoxicated.
  8. Adjective.  (legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
  9. Adjective.  Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
  10. Noun.  (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
  11. Verb.  To ripen or mature.

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