Ripe vs Peel - What's the difference?
ripe | peel |
Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
* Milton
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, title= Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
(figuratively) Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
Ready for action or effect; prepared.
* Addison
* Burke
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Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book, year=1981, author=Daniel Curzon, title=Human Warmth & Other Stories, isbn=0912516542
passage=He looked back once at the waving hands, the mother's glowing, ripe cheeks.}}
(obsolete) Intoxicated.
* 1611, (William Shakespeare), , Act V, Scene 1,
(legal) Of a conflict between parties, having developed to a stage where the conflict may be reviewed by a court of law.
* {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Kenneth F. Warren, title=Administrative Law in the Political System, isbn=0813341167
passage=Problems emerge in judging whether a case is ripe , however, when contested general agency directives are issued that are not aimed at specific parties.}}
Smelly: having a disagreeable odor.
* {{quote-book, year=2004, author=Colum McCann, title=Fishing the Sloe-Black River, isbn=0312423381
, passage=Dolores, giving her a bath yesterday, said she was a bit ripe under the armpits.}}
(agriculture) A fruit or vegetable which has ripened.
* {{quote-book, year=1993, page=76, author=Paul J. Dosal, title=Doing Business with the Dictators, isbn=0842024395
, passage=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.}}
To ripen or mature
* 1594 , , Act II Scene VIII,
To remove the skin or outer covering of.
* Shakespeare
To remove from the outer or top layer of.
To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
To remove one's clothing.
To move, separate (off or away)
The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
The action of peeling away from a formation.
(label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
(obsolete) A stake.
(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
(archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
(Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
: to sound loudly.
* 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,
* 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
* 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
(archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
* Milton
As a verb ripe
is .As a proper noun peel is
a town on the isle of man.ripe
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (l).Adjective
(er)- So mayst thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop / Into thy mother's lap.
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Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one.
- while things were just ripe for a war
- I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies.
- Those happy smilets, / That played on her ripe lip.
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- Alonso: And Trinculo is reeling-ripe : where should they / Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them? / How cam'st thou in this pickle?
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Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* unripeDerived terms
* ripenessNoun
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Verb
(rip)- ALONSO:
Etymology 2
(etyl) (lena) ripa.Anagrams
* ----peel
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
- The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
- I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
- We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
- I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
- The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
- The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
Synonyms
* (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, stripDerived terms
* peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peelerNoun
Synonyms
* (skin of a fruit) rind, zestDerived terms
* orange peel * peel strengthEtymology 2
(etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* peel-house, peelhouse * peel-towerEtymology 3
From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Origin unknown.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.Etymology 6
Misspelling of peal.Verb
(en verb)- Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
- The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
- As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .
Etymology 7
(etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.
