overripe meaning

Adjective: overripe  'owvur'rIp

1. Too ripe and beginning to turn soft

See also: mature, ripe

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1. pea pods burst open when overripe.
2. the overripe apples dropped down from the trees
3. the fruiterer picked over a stock of plums and removed the overripe ones
4. the tangled, overripe queensland rain forest becomes a mirror of their states of mind
5. when she first saw me, her face suddenly changed into red, like an overripe tomato, our wonderful love began from then on