ripe (
http://definr.com/ripe)
adj 1: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
"ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" [syn:
mature]
[ant:
green]
2: fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for
revolution" [syn:
ripe(p)]
3: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the
time is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn:
good,
right]
4: at the highest point of development especially in judgment
or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5: far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in
years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" [syn:
advanced]