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OVERRIPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overripe mean? 

OVERRIPE (adjective)
  The adjective OVERRIPE has 1 sense:

1. too ripe and beginning to turn softplay

  Familiarity information: OVERRIPE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERRIPE (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: overriper  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: overripest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Too ripe and beginning to turn soft

Similar:

mature; ripe (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)


 Context examples 


"Those big movies around Fiftieth Street are cool," suggested Jordan. "I love New York on summer afternoons when every one's away. There's something very sensuous about it—overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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