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- English Word Ripe Definition Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- English Word Ripe Definition Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- English Word Ripe Definition Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- English Word Ripe Definition Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- English Word Ripe Definition Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- English Word Ripe Definition Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- English Word Ripe Definition Intoxicated.
- English Word Ripe Definition To ripen; to grow ripe.
- English Word Ripe Definition To mature; to ripen.
- English Word Ripely Definition Maturely; at the fit time.
- English Word Ripen Definition To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
- English Word Ripen Definition To approach or come to perfection.
- English Word Ripen Definition To cause to mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
- English Word Ripen Definition To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
- English Word Ripened Definition of Ripen
- English Word Ripeness Definition The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
- English Word Ripening Definition of Ripen
- English Word Ripidolite Definition A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore.
- English Word Ripienist Definition A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.
- English Word Ripieno Definition Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.