He picked ripe apples.

Meaning: This sentence describes the action of a person selecting and removing fully grown apples from a tree.

Choice of Words: Picked means to select or choose something from a group. Ripe means fully grown and ready to be eaten. Apples are round, sweet fruits that grow on apple trees. When you put them together, "He picked ripe apples" means he selected and removed the fully grown apples from the tree.

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