| rip | | |
| n. (person) | 1. blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue | a dissolute man in fashionable society. |
| ~ debauchee, libertine, rounder | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained. |
| n. (object) | 2. rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| n. (event) | 3. countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip | a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. |
| ~ turbulence, turbulency | unstable flow of a liquid or gas. |
| n. (act) | 4. rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| ~ tear | the act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pull, rend, rip, rive | tear or be torn violently.; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
| ~ rupture, tear, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" |
| v. (motion) | 6. rip | move precipitously or violently.; "The tornado ripped along the coast" |
| ~ shoot down, buck, tear, charge, shoot | move quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" |
| v. (contact) | 7. rip | cut (wood) along the grain. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (communication) | 8. rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently.; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" |
| ~ lash out, attack, assail, assault, snipe, round | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
| ripe | | |
| adj. | 1. mature, ripe | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines" |
| ~ ripened, aged | of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable).; "mature well-aged cheeses" |
| ~ mellowed, mellow | having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging.; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" |
| ~ overripe | too ripe and beginning to turn soft. |
| adj. | 2. ripe | fully prepared or eager.; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" |
| ~ ready | completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress.; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" |
| adj. | 3. good, right, ripe | 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" |
| ~ opportune | suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose.; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival" |
| adj. | 4. ripe | at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge.; "a ripe mind" |
| ~ mature | characteristic of maturity.; "mature for her age" |
| adj. | 5. advanced, ripe | far along in time.; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" |
| ~ late | being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" |
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