Ripe - Definition

adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
"ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" [syn: ripe,
mature] [ant: green, immature, unripe,
unripened]
2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for
revolution"
3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time
to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is
ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good, right,
ripe]
4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment or
knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn:
advanced, ripe]