RIPE - 16 definitions found
ripe adj 1: 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] 2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" 3: 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] 4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind" 5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn: advanced, ripe] ripe raɪp See: TIME IS RIPE. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) ripe adjective (riper; ripest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rīpe; akin to Old English rīpan, reopan to reap Date: before 12th century 1. fully grown and developed ; mature <ripe fruit> <ripe wheat> 2. having mature knowledge, understanding, or judgment 3. of advanced years ; late <a ripe old age> 4. a. suitable, appropriate <the time was ripe for the attempt> b. fully prepared ; ready <the colonies were ripe for revolution> 5. a. brought by aging to full flavor or the best state ; mellow <ripe cheese> b. smelly, stinking 6. ruddy, plump, or full like ripened fruit <a ripe figure> 7. indecent <ripe language> • ripely adverb • ripeness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary ripe raɪp adj. 1 (of grain, fruit, cheese, etc.) ready to be reaped or picked or eaten. 2 mature; fully developed (ripe in judgement; a ripe beauty). 3 (of a person's age) advanced. 4 (often foll. by for) fit or ready (when the time is ripe; land ripe for development). 5 (of the complexion etc.) red and full like ripe fruit. øøripely adv. ripeness n. [OE ripe f. WG] Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) RIPE Reseaux IP Europeenne (Europenet) Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary RIPE Big Comprehensive Abbreviation Dictionary ripe Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[=i]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ripe \Ripe\, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. Riper (-[~e]r); superl. Ripest.] [AS. r[=i]pe; akin to OS. r[=i]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[=i]ft; cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest, r[=i]pan to reap. Cf. Reap.] 1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap. --Milton. 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. ``Ripe courage.'' --Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. 4. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc. 5. Ready for action or effect; prepared. While things were just ripe for a war. --Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] ``Reeling ripe.'' --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See Mature. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms ripe a. 1. Mature, mellow, perfected by growth. 2. Fit, prepared, ready, in readiness. 3. Consummate, finished, perfect, perfected, complete, accomplished. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) ripe raɪp adj. 1 mature, matured, seasoned, (fully) grown, (well-)ripened, developed, mellow, ready, fit, US (fully) aged, well-aged: The grapes are ripe for picking. 2 prepared, ready, fit, appropriate, experienced, veteran, seasoned, sage, wise, sophisticated, mature, informed, qualified, dependable, reliable: Henry is ripe in judgement and understanding. 3 ripe for. a timely, opportune, propitious, favourable, auspicious, ideal, right, suitable, apt, proper, suitably advanced: Is the time yet ripe for another revival of Heartbreak House ? b ready, eager, enthusiastic, prepared, fit, ready, in readiness: The mob is ripe for revolt. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 141 Moby Thesaurus words for "ripe": 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 |
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