Dictionary Entry
ripe
ripe is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The bank of a river. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The bank of a river.
- 2superlative
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- 3superlative
Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- 4superlative
Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- 5superlative
Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- 6superlative
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- 7superlative
Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- 8superlative
Intoxicated.
- 9intransitive verb
To ripen; to grow ripe.
- 10transitive verb
To mature; to ripen.
- 11adjective
far along in time
"a man of advanced age"
"advanced in years"
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- 12adjective
at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
"a ripe mind"
- 13adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
"ripe peaches"
"full-bodied mature wines"
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- 14adjective
most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes"
"the right time to act"
- 15adjective
fully prepared or eager
"the colonists were ripe for revolution"
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