ripe

adjective/raɪp/

Frequency rank: #6,302 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

fully grown and ready to be eaten.

Illustration for the English word “ripe”

Example sentence

The farmers waited until the tomatoes were ripe before picking them.

Synonyms & related words

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