'RIPE' definitions:
Definition of 'ripe'
From: WordNet
adjective
Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" [syn: ripe, mature] [ant: green, immature, unripe, unripened]
adjective
Fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
adjective
Most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, right, ripe]
adjective
At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
adjective
Far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: advanced, ripe]
Definition of 'Ripe'
From: GCIDE
- Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ripe'
From: GCIDE
- Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[imac]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ripe'
From: GCIDE
- Ripe \Ripe\, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ripe'
From: GCIDE
- Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (r[imac]p"[~e]r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[imac]pe; akin to OS. r[imac]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[imac]ft; cf. AS. r[imac]p harvest, r[imac]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.]
- 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. [1913 Webster]
- So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. [1913 Webster]
- While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. [1913 Webster]
- Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ripe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplished,
- adult,
- age,
- aged,
- all ready,
- all set,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- archetypical,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- auspicious,
- befitting,
- blase,
- booted and spurred,
- briefed,
- classic,
- coached,
- cocked,
- complete,
- consummate,
- convenient,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- dependable,
- develop,
- developed,
- eager,
- enthusiastic,
- entire,
- equipped,
- exemplary,
- expedient,
- experienced,
- expert,
- familiarized,
- favorable,
- felicitous,
- finished,
- fit,
- fitting,
- fortunate,
- full,
- full-blown,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- full-scale,
- fully developed,
- global,
- good and ready,
- groomed,
- grow,
- grow up,
- grown,
- grown-up,
- happy,
- ideal,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in full bloom,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- informed,
- intact,
- knowing,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- lucky,
- marriageable,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- maturate,
- maturated,
- mature,
- matured,
- meet,
- mellow,
- mellowed,
- mobilized,
- model,
- not born yesterday,
- nubile,
- of age,
- of marriageable age,
- old,
- on the mark,
- opportune,
- overdue,
- perfected,
- planned,
- polished,
- practiced,
- prearranged,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- primed,
- proficient,
- proper,
- propitious,
- provided,
- providential,
- psyched up,
- qualified,
- quintessential,
- ready,
- ready for anything,
- refined,
- reliable,
- right,
- ripen,
- ripened,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- seasonable,
- seasoned,
- set,
- solid,
- sophisticated,
- sortable,
- suitable,
- tempered,
- timely,
- total,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- unabbreviated,
- uncut,
- undiminished,
- unexpurgated,
- up in arms,
- veteran,
- vigilant,
- virtuosic,
- well-prepared,
- well-timed,
- whole,
- wise,
- world-wise,
- worldly,
- worldly-wise
Acronyms for 'RIPE'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Reseaux IP Europeenne (Europenet)