ripe : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ripe	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for ripe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripe adj fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" Synonym(s): ripe, mature Antonym(s): green, immature, unripe, unripened fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" 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(s): good, right, ripe at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind" far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" Synonym(s): advanced, ripe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripe \Ripe\, v. i. [AS. r[c6]pian.] To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripe \Ripe\, v. t. To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), n. [L. ripa.] The bank of a river. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripe \Ripe\ (r[imac]p), a. [Compar. {Riper} (-[etil]r); superl. {Ripest}.] [AS. r[c6]pe; akin to OS. r[c6]pi, D. rijp, G. rief, OHG. r[c6]ft; cf. AS. r[c6]p harvest, r[c6]pan 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. --Milton. 2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine. 3. Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. [bd]Ripe courage.[b8] --Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. --Shak. 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. --Addison. I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies. --Burke. 6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. --Shak. 7. Intoxicated. [Obs.] [bd]Reeling ripe.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Mature; complete; finished. See {Mature}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RIPE {Réseaux IP Européens}