ripe meaning
EN
[ɹaɪp] [-aɪp] 
US WRipe
- Ripe may refer to:
- Ripening, especially of fruit
- Ripeness in viticulture, how the term "ripe" is used in viticulture and winemaking
- RIPE, Réseaux IP Européens
- RIPE NCC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe
- Ripeness, a term in law
- Ripe, East Sussex, in England
- Ripe (AN), in Italy
- Ripe (film), a 1996 drama released in 1997 by Mo Ogrodnik
- Ripe (album), a 2007 album by Ben Lee
- Ripe (Banderas album), a 1991 album by Banderas
- Persons with the name Ripe:
- Wilhelm Ripe (1818–1885), German painter
FR ripe 
- NounPLripes
- VerbSGripesPRripingPT, PPriped
- AdjectiveCOMriperSUPripest
- Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- (figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- (archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- (obsolete) Intoxicated.
- (law) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
- Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe, however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.
- Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
- Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.
- Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Those happy smilets that played on her ripe lip. — Shakespeare.
- Which is exactly what I wanted because Mi-jami was chock a block full of smokin' hot 'ricans and Cubans and Caucasians and, well, men in general all ripe for the picking.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of ripe in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ripe" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.