ripe
ripe is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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. "Ripe courage." 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.] "Reeling ripe." Shak. See Mature.
- 8.To ripen; to grow ripe. [Obs.]
- 9.To mature; to ripen. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- adolescence
- adolescent
- adult
- adultness
- age
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- assume
- attain
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- chicken
- clerk
- come
- connoisseur
- cut
- discretion
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- education
- estate
- feet
- fellow
- flower
- full
- genius
- glossographer
- good
- gownsman
- graduate
- grammarian
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is ripe.
- What is 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 called?
- What is advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine called?
- What is having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate. "Ripe courage." Chaucer. He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one. Shak called?
- What is maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness. Those happy smilets, That played on her ripe lip. Shak called?
- What is intoxicated. [Obs.] "Reeling ripe." Shak. See Mature called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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