Definition of ripe

"ripe" in the adjective sense

1. ripe, mature

fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

"ripe peaches"

"full-bodied mature wines"

2. ripe

fully prepared or eager

"the colonists were ripe for revolution"

3. good, right, ripe

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"

4. ripe

at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge

"a ripe mind"

5. advanced, ripe

far along in time

"a man of advanced age"

"advanced in years"

"a ripe old age"

"the ripe age of 90"

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Quotations for ripe

Soon ripe soon rotten. [ Proverb ]

Early ripe, early rotten. [ Proverb ]

Then fill each hour with what will last;
Buy up the moments as they go;
The life above, when this is past,
Is the ripe fruit of life below. [ Horatius Bonar ]

He that eats the hard shall eat the ripe. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime. [ Lamartine ]

'Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine;
And, after one hour more, 'twill be eleven;
And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe.
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot. [ William Shakespeare ]

And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe,
And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot;
And thereby hangs a tale. [ William Shakespeare ]

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe. [ William Shakespeare ]

You have always a ready mouth for a ripe cherry. [ Proverb ]

Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch forbears,
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things. [ Byron ]

Pluck not a courtesy in the bud before it is ripe. [ Proverb ]

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not;
But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. [ William Shakespeare, Henry VIII ]

So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop
Into thy mother's lap. [ Milton ]

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch. [ Bruyere ]

Better late ripe and bear, than early blossom and blast. [ Proverb ]

The sun may do its duty, though your grapes are not ripe. [ Proverb ]

That death is best which comes appropriately at a ripe age. [ Propertius ]

Men and cucumbers are worth nothing as soon as they are ripe. [ Jean Paul ]

The fox, when he cannot reach the grapes, says they are not ripe. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Nothing shows one who his friends are like prosperity and ripe fruit. [ C. D. Warner ]

A day of grace is as a day in harvest; one must be diligent as soon as it is ripe. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Nothing has ever remained of any revolution, but what was ripe in the conscience of the masses. [ Ledru-Rollin ]

Heaven is the day of which grace is the dawn; the rich, ripe fruit of which grace is the lovely flower; the inner shrine of that most glorious temple to which grace forms the approach and outer court. [ Rev. Dr. Guthrie ]

ripe in Scrabble®

The word ripe is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters ripe:

PIER
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ripe in Words With Friends™

The word ripe is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters ripe:

PIER
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Word Growth involving ripe

Shorter words in ripe

pe

rip

Longer words containing ripe

gripe griped

gripe griper gripers

gripe gripes

overripe overripely

overripe overripen overripened

overripe overripen overripeness overripenesses

overripe overripen overripening

overripe overripen overripens

riped cirriped cirripede cirripedes

riped cirriped cirripedial

riped cirriped cirripeds

riped griped

riped peripeduncular

riped triped striped bestriped

riped triped striped eyestriped

riped triped striped nonstriped

riped triped striped pinstriped

riped triped striped restriped

riped triped striped unstriped

riped triped striped weatherstriped

riped triped tripeds

ripely overripely

ripen overripen overripened

ripen overripen overripeness overripenesses

ripen overripen overripening

ripen overripen overripens

ripen peripenultimate

ripen ripened overripened

ripen ripened underripened

ripen ripened unripened

ripen ripeness overripeness overripenesses

ripen ripeness unripeness

ripen ripening overripening

ripen ripening ripenings

ripen ripens overripens

riper griper gripers

riper striper pinstriper

riper striper stripers

riper unriper

ripes gripes

ripes ripest unripest

ripes stripes bestripes

ripes stripes eyestripes

ripes stripes pinstripes

ripes stripes restripes

tripe centripetal centripetalism

tripe centripetal centripetally

tripe stripe bestripe bestriped

tripe stripe bestripe bestripes

tripe stripe eyestripe eyestriped

tripe stripe eyestripe eyestripes

tripe stripe pinstripe pinstriped

tripe stripe pinstripe pinstriper

tripe stripe pinstripe pinstripes

tripe stripe restripe restriped

tripe stripe restripe restripes

tripe stripe striped bestriped

tripe stripe striped eyestriped

tripe stripe striped nonstriped

tripe stripe striped pinstriped

tripe stripe striped restriped

tripe stripe striped unstriped

tripe stripe striped weatherstriped

tripe stripe stripeless

tripe stripe striper pinstriper

tripe stripe striper stripers

tripe stripe stripes bestripes

tripe stripe stripes eyestripes

tripe stripe stripes pinstripes

tripe stripe stripes restripes

tripe stripe stripey

tripe triped striped bestriped

tripe triped striped eyestriped

tripe triped striped nonstriped

tripe triped striped pinstriped

tripe triped striped restriped

tripe triped striped unstriped

tripe triped striped weatherstriped

tripe triped tripeds

tripe tripeptide tripeptides

underripe underripened

unripe unripened

unripe unripeness

unripe unriper

unripe unripest