1. Fully developed; mature: ripe peaches.

2. Sufficiently advanced in preparation or aging to be used or eaten: ripe cheese.

3. Thoroughly matured, as by study or experience; seasoned: ripe judgment.

4. Advanced in years: the ripe age of 90.

5. Fully prepared to do or undergo something; ready: "By 1965 the republic was ripe for a coup" (Alex Shoumatoff).

6. Sufficiently advanced; opportune: The time is ripe for great societal changes.

7. Sensuous and full: ripe lips.

8. Coarse or indecent; vulgar: the comic's ripe language.

9. Emitting a foul odor: "the dirt and stench ... the mountains of ripe bushmeat in every camp" (Bryan Mealer).