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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
/ ɪ /
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, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- l adverb
- n noun
- - adjective
Word History and Origins
Word 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
At the ripe old age of 34, he is still showing that it's necessary to have experience in the side.
And then, on my way to the shoot, I saw a loquat tree that had ripe fruit on it.
“Star Trek” is a franchise that’s always seemed ripe for exploration in a theme park.
Legendary Swedish screen siren Greta Garbo declared in 1941 at the ripe old age of 36 that she would be taking a "temporary" retirement.
Machinery, automobiles and toys - sectors led by China and Thailand - are ripe for tariff-driven relocation.
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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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