Definition of ripe | Bee Dictionary of English

a fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
ripe peaches
s fully prepared or eager
the colonists were ripe for revolution
s most suitable or right for a particular purpose
the time is ripe for great sociological changes
s at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge
a ripe mind
s far along in time
a ripe old age
the ripe age of 90

But you don't have to be a genius to see the true utility of manufacturing headless creatures: for their organs--fully formed, perfectly useful, ripe for plundering.
Sensing the time was ripe for an uprising, Sun returned to Hawaii, where he used his earlier contacts, along with some of his new friends in Hong Kong, to form an underground .
An age of decadence is a ripe time for parody.

What Made Our Greatest Surgeon General So Great
I have been thinking a lot about C Everett Koop lately, ever since his death on February 25 at the ripe old age of 96 and more recently with the announcement that our current Surgeon General, Regina Benjamin, is planning to step down from that post. In particular, I have been pondering what made Koop such an effective Surgeon General, and what has made it so hard for his successors to approach ...
June 14, 2013 - Forbes
THV In Your Town: Bradley Co. Pink Tomato Festival
For the 57th year, folks are pouring into Warren, Arkansas to celebrate the ripe tomato.
June 14, 2013 - KTHV Little Rock
Tiger Woods picks on Rory McIlroy at U.S. Open Champions dinner
Rory McIlroy may have won the U.S. Open just two short years ago at the ripe age of 24, but cementing his place in golf's history doesn't prevent him from getting picked on by some of the game's elder statesmen.
June 13, 2013 - Philly.com

Steve Stricker in ESPN
That's why you've got to get into a little different thought process and get in your own little world and chip away. The course is ripe for scoring,he added.
Barack Obama in Independent
On the eve of his envoy's tour of the Middle East, President Obama told the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV news channel: "The moment is ripe for both sides to realise that the path that they are on is one that is not going to result in prosperity and...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan in International Herald Tribune
The passage of the motion in Parliament does not mean that an operation will be carried out at once,Erdogan said Tuesday. "Turkey will act with common sense and determination when necessary and when the time is ripe."

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