ripe

/ɹaɪp/ · noun

Meaning

A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
To ripen or mature
(of fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
(of foods) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
The bank of a river.
To search; to rummage.

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