ripe
/ɹaɪp/ adjective B1- 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.
- Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- Of a person, ready, willing, eager.
- Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- 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.
Comparative riper · Superlative ripest
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When the grass is ripe like grain
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make _their_ eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.
They had a very good time and nothing untoward happened until after tea, when they found themselves in the Barry garden, a little tired of all their games and ripe for any enticing form of mischief which might present itself.
There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
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