RIPE

ripe

1. [Adjective]: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"

2. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"

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"

4. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"

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