feel ripe
Frequency: 6.04.1 per million words
To determine maturity by touch.
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Examples (10)
- The peach feels ripe and soft to the touch.
- Gently squeeze the avocado to see if it feels ripe.
- If the mango feels ripe, you can eat it today.
- These tomatoes don't feel ripe enough for the salad yet.
- Check if the melon feels ripe by pressing near the stem.
- The pears felt ripe this morning, so I put them in the fridge.
- You'll know the fruit is ready when it feels ripe in your hand.
- Does this plum feel ripe to you?
- The apricots should feel ripe within a few days.
- I chose this papaya because it felt perfectly ripe.