Word Definition

Ripe

  1. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
  2. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
  3. The bank of a river.
  4. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
  5. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
  6. Intoxicated.
  7. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
  8. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
  9. To ripen; to grow ripe.
  10. To mature; to ripen.

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