Definition of "ripe" []

• Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches. (adjective)
• Resembling matured fruit, as in fullness. (adjective)
• Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese. (adjective)
• Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment. (adjective)
• Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Our word ripe began as an Old English word meaning “ready for reaping,” and like reap comes ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning “to cut.”"
• "He looked up and saw Gwa standing in the parlor doorway, the older, business-suited Gwa, his brow furrowed, his expression ripe with puzzlement."
• "The quality that makes this title ripe for reinvention is how it foreshadowed the technological explosions to come."