Definition of ripe

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Ripe (superl.) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc..

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Milk :: Milk (n.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm..
Silversides :: Silversides (n.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..
Striped :: Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.
Vitta :: Vitta (n.) A band, or stripe, of color..
Plantain :: Plantain (n.) The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked..
Acorn-shell :: Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Maharif :: Maharif (n.) An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.
Ripen :: Ripen (v. i.) To approach or come to perfection.
Zenick :: Zenick (n.) A South African burrowing mammal (Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat..
Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.
List :: List (n.) A stripe.
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone..
Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine..
Fructescence :: Fructescence (n.) The maturing or ripening of fruit.
Puffball :: Puffball (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin..
Fleck :: Fleck (n.) To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Cucumber :: Cucumber (n.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below..
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