Definitions for ripe
Overview of adj ripe
The adj ripe has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (6) ripe, mature
(fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines")
2. (1) ripe
(fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution")
3. good, right, ripe
(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")
4. ripe
(at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind")
5. advanced, ripe
(far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90")
