'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

Acronyms for 'ripe'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Reseaux IP Europeenne (Europenet)

Words containing 'RIPE'