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ipen v. develop, mature, age, season, maturate, bring or come to
maturity; perfect: The peaches need another day to ripen.
rip-off n. 1 stealing, purloining, robbing, pilfering, taking,
filching, pilferage, theft, robbery, larceny; shoplifting,
Colloq pinching, Brit nicking, Slang lifting, swiping, US
boosting: The rip-off of books from the library is a disgrace.
2 swindle, confidence trick, swindling, cheating, cheat, fraud,
deception, defrauding, defalcation; embezzlement, Colloq con
(job or trick): A husband-and-wife team are being sought for
executing a rip-off of thousands from the Outland Bank using a
forged letter of credit. 3 overcharging, exploitation, Colloq
highway or chiefly Brit daylight robbery: It's a rip-off to
charge two pounds for something that costs only three pence to
make.
ripping adj. Rather archaic fine, splendid, marvellous, excellent,
exciting, thrilling, stirring, spine-tingling: Buchan and Henty
and Haggard all wrote ripping adventure novels.
ripple n. 1 wavelet, wave, ruffle, ruffling, cat's-paw, purl, purling,
undulation, US riffle, riffling: There wasn't even the
slightest breath of air to cause a ripple on the mirror-like
surface of the lake. 2 (slight) disturbance, upset,
perturbation, agitation, flurry, flutter, suggestion, hint,
soup‡on: The divorce occasioned only a ripple of dissent in the
royal family.
--v. 3 ruffle, purl, undulate, wave; splash, wash, US riffle:
I sat musing, watching the water ripple over the stones in the
brook.
rise v. 1 get up, arise, stand (up), get to one's feet, Brit be
upstanding: All rise when the judge enters the court. 2 get
up, arise, awaken, waken, wake up, start or begin the day,
Nautical or colloq hit the deck, Colloq turn out: We usually
rise at about six o'clock. 3 ascend, be elevated, arise, climb,
lift, go up, mount: The smoke slowly, almost furtively, rose
from the camp-fire into the still night air. The morning star
can be seen tomorrow rising in the sky just before dawn. Some of
those skyscrapers rise to a height of 110 storeys. 4 Often, rise
(up) (against). rebel, revolt, mutiny, kick over the traces,
take up arms, mount the barricades, take to the streets: If the