to smell ripe

  • 1Smell ripe — smell off or bad …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 2smell ripe — Australian Slang smell off or bad …

    English dialects glossary

  • 3ripe — [raıp] adj comparative riper superlative ripest [: Old English;] 1.) ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat ≠ ↑unripe ▪ Those tomatoes aren t ripe yet. 2.) be ripe for sth to be ready for a change to happen, especially when it… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4ripe — [ raıp ] adjective * 1. ) ripe fruit or crops have grown to their full size and are ready to eat or use: a ripe juicy peach a ) ripe cheese or wine has a strong flavor 2. ) INFORMAL having a strong or unpleasant smell 3. ) language or humor that… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5ripe — [rīp] adj. riper, ripest [OE, akin to REAP] 1. fully grown or developed; specif., ready to be harvested and used for food, as grain or fruit 2. like ripe fruit, as in being ruddy and full [ripe lips] 3. sufficiently advanced, as by being kept in… …

    English World dictionary

  • 6ripe — 01. These bananas are getting pretty [ripe]; we d better eat them soon. 02. See those white parts on the strawberries? That means they re not [ripe] yet. 03. My kids actually like the sour taste of [unripe] cherries. 04. The apples are picked… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 7ripe — adjective 1 ripe fruit or crops are fully grown and ready to eat: Those apples aren t ripe yet. opposite unripe 2 be ripe for to be in a suitable condition for something, especially for some kind of change: The land was ripe for industrial… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8smell — 01. Something [smells] delicious. I wonder what s for supper. 02. Because of their excellent sense of [smell], dogs are often used in airports to look for things such as illegal drugs, or bombs. 03. The garbage [smells]. Someone needs to take it… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 9ripe */ — UK [raɪp] / US adjective Word forms ripe : adjective ripe comparative riper superlative ripest 1) a) ripe fruit or crops have grown to their full size and are ready to eat or use a ripe juicy peach b) ripe cheese or wine has a strong flavour 2)… …

    English dictionary

  • 10ripe — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, smell, taste ADVERB ▪ really, very ▪ a really ripe …

    Collocations dictionary