ripe.
Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
Meaning & usage
Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
ripe grain
ripe apples
Of a food, advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow.
ripe cheese
ripe wine
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected.
Of a sore, tumor, etc., maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Of a person, ready, willing, eager.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Intoxicated.
Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
Where this word comes from
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.
A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
Where this word comes from
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.
To ripen or mature.
Where this word comes from
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.
The bank of a river.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.
To search; to rummage.
Rife
Where this word comes from
An alteration of rife.
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