English-Dutch translations for ripe

• rijp
  Wij vinden dat de tijd daarvoor nog niet rijp is. We do not believe the time is ripe.
  Onzes inziens is de tijd daarvoor nu wel rijp. We believe the time is ripe for this.
  We moeten die nu verwezenlijken, want de tijd is er rijp voor. It must happen now for the time is ripe.
• belegen
• rijpen

Definition of ripe

• Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature
• Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow
• Having attained its full development; mature; perfected
• Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc
• Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness
• Intoxicated
• Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law
• Smelly: having a disagreeable odor
• A fruit or vegetable which has ripened
• To ripen or mature
• The bank of a river
• To search; to rummage

Examples

• ripe grain
• ripe apples
• ripe cheese
• ripe wine

Related words

• stripe
• gripe
• tripe
• pinstripe
• peripeteia
• centripetal
• ripen
• ripening
• ripened