Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be or become over-ripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Prov. Eng. To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
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Examples
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Have any of you folks, as 'brite' as you are... ever taken the time to read Micah, 7:16-20, in the Bible?
CRU Inquiry Report submissions EliRabett 2010
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So I sing the last four words, "marnin 'brite' n arley."
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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So I sing the last four words, "marnin 'brite' n arley."
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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Eurogamer got their hands on the new PSP-3000 today and it seems that, apart from the PlayStation Store, battery life will not be affected by the new "brite" screen, and that the PSP-3000 ships with firmware
PSP Forums 2008
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In newspaperspeak, we call this a "brite," if it's short, or sometimes a "hey Mabel," as in "Hey Mabel!
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In newspaperspeak, we call this a "brite," if it's short, or sometimes a "hey Mabel," as in "Hey Mabel!
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She feeds the ignorant, hate, and divisiveness among us especially that not so brite!
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And for $15 I carry a mighty-brite Flex2 light for those dark occasional moments.
Kindle on iPad vs. Kindle on Kindle « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2010
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Let's say that the person you are competing against in the California GOP Senate primary releases a political advertisement that is expensive and deranged, with fake sheep crawling around with lite-brite eyes in a field, and a terrible, malformed metaphor that actually insults the fiscal conservatives whom everyone wants to win over.
Luckily For Carly Fiorina's 'Demon Sheep' Ad, Her Competitors' Responses Have Been Terrible 2010
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When Coakley ascended to the Attorney General's office, she continued to take the easy route focusing her attention on garden clubs, non-kosher delis and lite-brite artists as opposed to chasing after real wrongdoers.
Casey Sherman: Martha Coakley: Democrat Doomed from the Start 2010
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