Definition of Ripe

mature and developed to the point of being ready for harvest or eating

Examples of Ripe in a sentence

Sucking on the ripe watermelon, the farmer was glad he had waited until the end of growing season to pick the well-developed fruit.  🔊

The vegetables will be picked ripe so that customers can eat them as soon as they leave the store.  🔊

Because the green bananas aren’t ripe, we will need to wait until they are fully grown to eat them.  🔊

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