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ripe
[ rahyp ]
adjective
- having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
Synonyms: ,
- resembling such fruit, as in ruddiness and fullness:
ripe, red lips.
- advanced to the point of being in the best condition for use, as cheese or beer.
- fully grown or developed, as animals when ready to be killed and used for food.
- arrived at the highest or a high point of development or excellence; mature.
- of mature judgment or knowledge:
ripe scholars; a ripe mind.
- characterized by full development of body or mind:
of ripe years.
- (of time) advanced:
a ripe old age.
- (of ideas, plans, etc.) ready for action, execution, etc.
- (of people) fully prepared or ready to do or undergo something:
He was ripe for a change in jobs.
- fully or sufficiently advanced; ready enough; auspicious:
The time is ripe for a new foreign policy.
- ready for some operation or process:
a ripe abscess.
- Archaic. drunk:
reeling ripe.
ripe
/ °ù²¹Éª±è /
adjective
- (of fruit, grain, etc) mature and ready to be eaten or used; fully developed
- mature enough to be eaten or used
ripe cheese
- fully developed in mind or body
- resembling ripe fruit, esp in redness or fullness
a ripe complexion
- postpositivefoll byfor ready or eager (to undertake or undergo an action)
- postpositivefoll byfor suitable; right or opportune
the time is not yet ripe
- mature in judgment or knowledge
- advanced but healthy (esp in the phrase a ripe old age )
- slang.
- complete; thorough
- excessive; exorbitant
- slang.slightly indecent; risqué
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ù¾±±è±ð±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ°ù¾±±è±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù¾±±è±ðl²â adverb
- °ù¾±±è±ðn±ð²õ²õ noun
- ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-°ù¾±±è±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ripe1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with ripe , also see time is ripe .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Machinery, automobiles and toys - sectors led by China and Thailand - are ripe for tariff-driven relocation.
Farmworker advocates have also called for changes, saying the program is ripe for exploitation — because a worker’s permission to be in the country is tied to the employer — and should be bolstered with additional protections.
There may be no riper locale for betrayal and homicide.
The slate was packed with exciting titles and fresh voices, all ripe for the picking.
In the lead-up to the Palisades and Eaton firestorms in January, the bone-dry landscape kept vegetation ripe for flames — a recipe for disaster when combined with strong Santa Ana winds and an ignition source.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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