- (of fruit or crops) fully grown and ready to be eaten
- Pick the tomatoes before they get too ripe.
Extra ExamplesTopics Farmingc1- Some of the apples were not quite ripe.
- The crops were just about ripe.
- a really ripe strawberry
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- really
- very
- fully
- …
- ripe for the picking
- ripe for the plucking
- ripe for the taking
- …
- (of cheese) having a taste that has fully developed synonym matureTopics Cooking and eatingc1
- (of a smell) strong and unpleasant
- ripe (for something) ready or suitable for something to happen
- This land is ripe for development.
- The conditions were ripe for social change.
- Reforms were promised when the time was ripe.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- really
- very
- fully
- …
- ripe for the picking
- ripe for the plucking
- ripe for the taking
- …
Word OriginOld English rīpe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijp and German reif.
Idioms
See ripe in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryripe for the picking
- offering somebody an ideal opportunity to gain an advantage
- This is an opportunity ripe for the picking.
- The Raiders' defense is ripe for the picking.
a/the ripe old age (of…)
- an age that is considered to be very old
- He lived to the ripe old age of 91.
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