= ripened, adj. Also as the second element in compounds, as fore-riped, full-riped, house-riped, etc.

Of grain, fruit, etc.: having developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating, or for the dispersal of seed for propagation; that is…

Complete in natural development or growth. Of fruit, etc.: ripe. Also figurative (now archaic or poetic): ripe or ready for.

ripe like a cherry; also a mode of crying ‘ripe cherries’.

Ripened.

Ripe throughout, thoroughly ripe. Also figurative.

Brought to full ripeness, maturity, or development.

Advanced or brought to ripeness, maturity, or full development. Also as the second element in compounds, as sun-ripened, well-ripened, etc.: see at…

= mellow, adj. (in various senses).

as ripe as in the summer; fully ripe; also figurative.

Of fruit or wood: that has ripened.

so ripe as to be ready to drop from the tree; also figurative.

(of fruit) that is so ripe that the juice has become blood-coloured.