Definitions
Fully developed and ready to eat or use.
Word origin
From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.
Used in a sentence
“ripe grain”
“ripe apples”
“So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ready to eat”4 letters
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