Fully mature and ready to eat or harvest.

• Having mellow flavor and tender texture.

Ready or suitable for action, change, or use.

• An opportune moment has arrived.

Having a strong, often unpleasant smell.

Of a sore or abscess, suppurated and ready to discharge.

Informal: intoxicated; drunk.

Law: developed enough to be heard or decided by a court.

A fruit or vegetable that has ripened.

Archaic: to ripen or make ripe; to mature.