ripe
/raɪp/
adjective
- (of fruit or crops) fully grown and ready to be eaten or harvested.
- We picked the ripe tomatoes from the garden for dinner.
- The bananas are ripe and sweet, perfect for a smoothie.
- The farmer knew the wheat was ripe when it turned golden.
- Ready or suitable for a particular action or development.
- This old house is ripe for renovation.
- The market is ripe for new technology.
- The situation was ripe for change after the election.
- (of a smell or flavor) strong and often unpleasant, especially from being old or fermented.
- The cheese was so ripe that it filled the whole kitchen with a strong smell.
- He left his gym bag in the car, and it became quite ripe.
- The ripe odor of the compost pile drifted across the yard.