ripe
/raɪp/adjective
उच्चारण राइप
पका हुआ; उपयुक्त, परिपक्व
Basic word
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(of fruit or crops) fully grown and ready to be eaten or collected; (of a time) suitable or right for something to happen; developed to a suitable stage
पका हुआ; उपयुक्त, परिपक्व
- ripe mangoes
- The time is ripe for change.
- The bananas are ripe and ready to eat.
+ 2 more examples
- Wheat fields turn golden when the crop is ripe.
- Wait until the tomatoes are fully ripe before you pick them.
Synonyms mature ready mellow suitable favourable
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart ripe (of fruit, ready to eat) and mature (fully grown; of people, behaving like an adult).
Ripe (फल के लिए, खाने को तैयार) और mature (पूर्ण विकसित; लोगों के लिए, वयस्क जैसा व्यवहार करने वाला, परिपक्व) को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
The time is ripe (it is the right time for something), live to a ripe old age (live until you are very old), ripe for sth (ready for something to happen: 'The area is ripe for development').
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: the time is ripe (किसी चीज़ के लिए सही समय है), live to a ripe old age (बहुत बूढ़े होने तक जीना, लंबी उम्र), ripe for sth (कुछ होने के लिए तैयार: 'The area is ripe for development')।
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General knowledge
Science GK: ethylene gas helps fruits ripen; calcium carbide is sometimes used illegally to ripen mangoes artificially (it is harmful).
विज्ञान GK में ethylene गैस फलों को पकाने में मदद करती है; आम को कृत्रिम रूप से पकाने के लिए कभी-कभी अवैध रूप से calcium carbide प्रयोग होता है (यह हानिकारक है)।