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