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ripes

ripes is the plural of ripe.

ripes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ripe.

Meaning of ripe

Noun (1)

ripe (plural ripes)

  1. A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
    • When he realized that the ripes would not make it back to Selma, Zemurray offered a free bunch of bananas to any telegraph operator who notified local grocers that he was coming through with a shipment of bananas.1993, Paul J. Dosal, Doing Business with the Dictators, →ISBN, page 76

Noun (2)

ripe (plural ripes)

  1. The bank of a river.

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Questions about ripes

What is ripes the plural of?
Ripes is the plural of ripe.

Words near ripes in the dictionary

  1. ripenings
  2. ripens
  3. ripens up
  4. riper
  5. Riperton
  6. ripes
  7. ripest
  8. ripgut
  9. ripgut brome
  10. ripgut fence
  11. ripgut fences

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