RIPE


Meaning of RIPE in English

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , smell , taste

ADVERB

▪ really , very

a really ~ strawberry

▪ fully , perfectly , quite

Make sure the plums are fully ~ before you eat them.

Some of the apples were not quite ~.

▪ almost , just , nearly

The crops were just about ~.

PHRASES

▪ ~ for the picking , ~ for the plucking , ~ for the taking ( all usually figurative )

The army has withdrawn, leaving the country ~ for the picking.

Ripe is used with these nouns: ↑ age , ↑ avocado , ↑ banana , ↑ berry , ↑ corn , ↑ fruit , ↑ tomato , ↑ wheat

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