adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , smell , taste
ADVERB
▪ really , very
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a really ~ strawberry
▪ fully , perfectly , quite
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Make sure the plums are fully ~ before you eat them.
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Some of the apples were not quite ~.
▪ almost , just , nearly
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The crops were just about ~.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for the picking , ~ for the plucking , ~ for the taking ( all usually figurative )
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The army has withdrawn, leaving the country ~ for the picking.
Ripe is used with these nouns: ↑ age , ↑ avocado , ↑ banana , ↑ berry , ↑ corn , ↑ fruit , ↑ tomato , ↑ wheat