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The ripe peach smelled sweet.
What does Ripe mean?
Ripe means ready to eat.
Dictionary definition
Fully grown and ready to eat.
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Ripe in a sentence
medium
Ripe fruit is usually softer and ready to eat.
hard
The farmer checked color and texture to decide whether the fruit was ripe.
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What does ripe mean?
Ripe means ready to eat.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to ripe?
Mature is close to ripe in this main meaning.
Practice 3
Choose the best word to complete the sentence: The ____ peach smelled sweet.
Ripe best completes the sentence.
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MeaningRipe means ready to eat.
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Ripe word family
Base word
ripe
adverb
ripely
In a ripe way.
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Hint for students
Ripe means a fruit or food is fully ready to eat. It often smells sweet, feels softer, or has the right color.
Common mix-up
Ripe is not the same as rotten. Ripe food is ready and good to eat; rotten food has gone bad.
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Write one sentence that shows ripe without using the word ripe. Model sentence: The banana turned yellow with brown speckles and tasted sweet. Clue words: yellow, brown speckles, tasted sweet Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show food that is ready to eat?
Teacher prompt
Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The ripe peach smelled sweet and felt soft enough to eat." Why does ripe fit better than old?
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