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.
Definitions
- noun. The bank of a river.
- superlative. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- superlative. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- superlative. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- superlative. Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- superlative. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- superlative. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- superlative. Intoxicated.
- intransitive verb. To ripen; to grow ripe.
- transitive verb. To mature; to ripen.
- adjective. far along in time
"a man of advanced age"
"advanced in years"
- adjective. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
"a ripe mind"
- adjective. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
"ripe peaches"
"full-bodied mature wines"
- adjective. most suitable or right for a particular purpose
"a good time to plant tomatoes"
"the right time to act"
- adjective. fully prepared or eager
"the colonists were ripe for revolution"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ripe:
Common word forms
riped, riper, ripes, ripely, ripest, riping, ripeness
Words from these letters
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