ripe adj

ripe adj
ripe old age

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  • ripe — adj 1: of, relating to, or being a claim for relief that is ready for judicial resolution because the injury is certain to occur and is not merely hypothetical or speculative compare moot 2: ready and appropriate for disclosure because reasonably …   Law dictionary

  • ripe — [raıp] adj comparative riper superlative ripest [: Old English;] 1.) ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat ≠ ↑unripe ▪ Those tomatoes aren t ripe yet. 2.) be ripe for sth to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • ripe — [rīp] adj. riper, ripest [OE, akin to REAP] 1. fully grown or developed; specif., ready to be harvested and used for food, as grain or fruit 2. like ripe fruit, as in being ruddy and full [ripe lips] 3. sufficiently advanced, as by being kept in… …   English World dictionary

  • ripe — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, smell, taste ADVERB ▪ really, very ▪ a really ripe …   Collocations dictionary

  • ripe — adj. ripe for (ripe for the picking; the time is ripe for action) * * * [raɪp] ripe for (ripe for the picking; the time is ripe for action) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • ripe — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ripe — adj. == applied to young birds. RG. 177. AS. rip, harvest. adj. ripe …   Oldest English Words

  • rípe — adj ripe, mature n ( es/ u) ripeness, maturity; also f indecl rípu …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • ripe — adj American physically attractive. An expression used on campus in the USA since around 2000 …   Contemporary slang

  • ripe — adj 1. grown, mature, aged, seasoned, well aged, full aged, tempered; mellow, ripened, in full bloom, in full flower, out, blooming; full blown, golden, full, Anglo Indian. pukka, ruddy, soft, fully developed. 2. experienced, seasoned, veteran;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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