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(adj)
Excessively ripe; spoiled; gone bad.
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Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Old.
(also figuratively, of food or drink, or its flavour) Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.
That has become mellow.
Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
Of a person or an animal:
Near the end of a period of time.
At a convenient or advantageous time.
At or close to the state of the art.
of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)
Prepared for immediate action or use.
Adult, physically mature.
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
(attributive) Developed to a great extent, highly developed.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
(n)
Obsolete form of inn. [Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.]
Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging.
Favorable; advantageous.
US standard spelling of favourable. [Apt to win favour; pleasing.]
Alternative form of full-fledged. [(of a bird) Having all its feathers; able to fly.]
Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.
Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
(not comparable) Of or relating to middle age or a middle-ager; neither old nor young.
Suitable.
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
Of good omen; indicating future success.
Providing support.
Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings
Located in the middle; in between.
Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.
Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
An act or an instance of something being enabled.
(v)
To move toward the speaker.
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
Able to be picked.
(followed by the preposition to) Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).
Childish in behavior; juvenile.
Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
Of or relating to animals.
(idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
Containing or having the taste of cherries.
Containing or having the flavor of strawberries.
fully ripe; at the height of bloom
(of living things, especially animals) Fully developed; adult.
(said of a country) wealthy and industrialized; not third-world.
Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Having lots of juice.
Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
Juicy or lush.
Suitable; proper
Opening in blossoms; flowering.
Growing, thriving, prospering.
(transitive) To make whole or entire.
Ripe enough to be ready to fall from the tree.
Ready to be taken or exploited.
Capable of, or suitable for, being harvested.
Capable of being reaped.
Completed; concluded; done.
(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
Tending to promote maturation or progress.
Capable of being gleaned.
Fully developed through work, thought, or planning; refined
capable of maturing
(grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
Archaic form of fruitful. [Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.]
Obsolete spelling of fruitful. [Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.]
Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
Capable of being threshed.
Modified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
Able to be processed; suitable for processing.
Complete; fully made; perfected.
Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
(idiomatic, often hyphenated when placed immediately before the modified noun) Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.
Able to be perfected; capable of perfection.
Alternative form of foodie. [(colloquial) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.]
(literally) Ready for the oven; already suitably prepared for cooking in an oven.
Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.
Capable of producing or bearing seeds.
Apt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific
Worthy of being eaten; suitable for consumption; edible.
Capable of being cultivated or farmed.
Having been made tender.
(obsolete) Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive.
Having the ability to germinate.
Capable of being prepared.
(archaic) Capable of being produced; producible.
(simile) Quite ready; prepared for something.
Capable of being foraged.
Capable of being withered; perishable.