mature, fully developed or grown; ready for use; ready for action; prepared for a particular experience; fitting, appropriate
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Ripe Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ripe Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To mature; to ripen.
To mature; to ripen.
(v. i.)
To ripen; to grow ripe.
To ripen; to grow ripe.
(superl.)
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
(superl.)
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
(superl.)
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
(superl.)
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
(superl.)
Intoxicated.
Intoxicated.
(superl.)
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
(superl.)
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
(n.)
The bank of a river.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe bank of a river.
ripe
\ripe\, v. i. [as. rīpian.] to ripen; to grow ripe. [obs.]
ripe
\ripe\, v. t. to mature; to ripen. [obs.]
ripe
\ripe\ (rīp), n. [l. ripa.] the bank of a river. [obs.]
ripe
\ripe\ (rīp), a. [compar. riper (-&etilde;r); superl. ripest.] [as. rīpe; akin to os. rīpi, d. rijp, g. rief, ohg. rīft; cf. as. rīp harvest, rīpan to reap. cf. reap.]
1. ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain. so mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop into thy mother's lap.
2. advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
3. having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "ripe courage." he was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
4. maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
5. ready for action or effect; prepared. while things were just ripe for a war. i am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
6. like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. those happy smilets, that played on her ripe lip.
7. intoxicated. [obs.] "reeling ripe."
similar words(2)
weeping-ripe
ripe olive
Meaning
Pipe.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.
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Origin
Cockney rhyming slang.
Addfed = a. ripe, mature
Awsaidd = a. ripe; tender, soft
Ffaeth = a. luxuriant, rich, ripe
Goraddfed = a. too ripe
Gweisgi = a. alert, brisk, gay. Cnau gweisgi, ripe nuts
Lledaddef = a. half-ripe, ripe
1. something has gone off or someone is off (not very nice); 2. ready; keen; eager; 3. drunk; 4. obscene or pertaining to obscenity
chocolate-coated cherry bar; a smoking pipe
smell off or bad
Adjective
1. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
(synonym) mature
(antonym) green, unripe, unripened, immature
(similar) aged, ripened
2. fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
(synonym) ripe(p)
(similar) ready
3. 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"
(synonym) good, right
(similar) opportune
4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
(similar) mature
5. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
(synonym) advanced
(similar) late
Ripe Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ripe Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Réseau IP Européen
Reseaux IP Europeens
Ripe Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Réseau Internet Protocol Européen
© European Communities, 1995-2004
See: Reseaux IP Europeenne
A collaboration between European networks which use the TCP/IP protocol suite.
Ripe Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE, French for "European IP Networks") is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. The RIPE community’s objective is to ensure that the administrative and technical coordination necessary to maintain and develop the Internet continues. It is not a standardisation organisation like the IETF and does not deal with domain names like ICANN.
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Ripe may refer to:
- Ripening, especially of fruit
- Ripeness in viticulture, how the term "ripe" is used in viticulture and winemaking
- RIPE, Réseaux IP Européens
- RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe
- Ripeness, a term in law
- Ripe, East Sussex, in England
- Ripe (AN), in Italy
- Ripe (film), a 1996 drama released in 1997 by Mo Ogrodnik
- Ripe (album), a 2007 album by Ben Lee
- Ripe (Banderas album), a 1991 album by Banderas
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Ripe Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ripe Old Age, Blended Scotch Whisky
By: Braico Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)
By: Braico Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland)
Ripe Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
