ripe

Meaning

Adj

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge. (said of sores, tumors, etc.)
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
6. (colloquial) Ready, willing, eager.
7. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
8. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
9. Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
10. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

Noun

A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Verb

To ripen or mature

Noun

The bank of a river.

Verb

To search; to rummage.

Synonyms

mature

cooked

done

mellow

ripen

juicy

soft

red

ready

ripened

matured

adult

🧑

fully developed

full-grown

edible

prepared

old

🧓

cook

🧑‍🍳

good

👍

advanced

hard

overripe

permanent

right

solid

substantial

succulent

be tender

well-cooked

make ripe

ready for harvest

developed

delicate

middleaged

consummated

orange

🍊

fully ripe

perfected

be ripe

plump

poised

precious

prepare

completed

primed

pure

complete

ready for action

clean

rich

🤑

Translations

mûr

maduro

maturo

reif

maduro

rijp

madur

bezonken

belegen

maturus

mûre

rouge

mûrir

fait

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹaɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ripe

Inherited from Old English: rīpe

Cognate with Western Frisian: ryp

Cognate with Dutch: rijp

Cognate with German: reif

In summary

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

Sentences

It was just ripe enough to eat .

Ripe pears are fit for a queen's table .