1. • adj - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
   • adj - fully prepared or eager
   • adj - most suitable or right for a particular purpose
   • adj - at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
   • adj - far along in time
2. • Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches.
   • Resembling matured fruit, as in fullness.
   • Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese.
   • Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment.
   • Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90.
   • Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready: “By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup” (Alex Shoumatoff).
   • Sufficiently advanced; opportune: The time is ripe for great societal changes.
   • Exhibiting overtones of or references to sex; scatological: “The language on the stage was riper than anything I have heard in a lifetime of newspaper work” (John Hughes).
   • Emitting a foul odor, especially body odor.
3. • adv - fully developed [adj RIPER, RIPEST] : RIPELY
   • adj - free from dirt or stain
   • v - to rid of dirt or stain

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