ripe

ripe

ripe (third-person singular simple present ripes, present participle riping, simple past and past participle riped)

1. To ripen or mature
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene VIII,

     ALONSO: […] Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio, / But stay the very riping of the time; […]

ripe (plural ripes)

1. (agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
   • 1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators^[4], ISBN 0842024395, page 76:

     When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.

ripe (comparative riper, superlative ripest)

1. Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
2. Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
3. (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
4. (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
5. Ready for action or effect; prepared.
   • 1910, Theodore C. Williams, The Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil, Book IV Chapter 28:

     nor was the doom / of guilty deed, but of a hapless wight / to sudden madness stung, ere ripe to die, / therefore the Queen of Hades had not shorn / the fair tress from her forehead, nor assigned / that soul to Stygian dark.

6. Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
   • 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories^[1], ISBN 0912516542, page 18:

     He looked back once at the waving hands, the mothers glowing, ripe cheeks.

7. (obsolete) Intoxicated.
   • 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,

     Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How camst thou in this pickle?

8. (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
   • 2004, Kenneth F. Warren, Administrative Law in the Political System^[2], ISBN 0813341167, page 427:

     Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.

9. Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
   • 2004, Colum McCann, Fishing the Sloe-Black River^[3], ISBN 0312423381, page 141:

     Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.

	maturo
	ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds

adulto

	matura
	ready for reaping or gathering, of fruits and seeds

	maturazione per vendemmia
	mature for harvesting

maturare

pronto

Altri significati:

Ready for action or effect; prepared

Advanced to the state of fitness for use, of cheese and wine

(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.

To ripen or mature

Ready for action or effect; prepared.

(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.

Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.

Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.

Having attained its full development; mature

(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.

(obsolete) Intoxicated.

Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.

(law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.

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