Definitions for priming
  • Prime (a.) - First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
  • Prime (a.) - First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
  • Prime (a.) - First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
  • Prime (a.) - Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
  • Prime (a.) - Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
  • Prime (a.) - Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
  • Prime (n.) - The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
  • Prime (n.) - The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
  • Prime (n.) - That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
  • Prime (a.) - The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
  • Prime (a.) - The first of the chief guards.
  • Prime (a.) - Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
  • Prime (a.) - A prime number. See under Prime, a.
  • Prime (a.) - An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
  • Prime (#) - Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna
  • Prime (a.) - To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
  • Prime (a.) - To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
  • Prime (a.) - To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
  • Prime (a.) - To trim or prune, as trees.
  • Prime (a.) - To mark with a prime mark.
  • Prime (v. i.) - To be renewed, or as at first.
  • Prime (v. i.) - To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
  • Prime (v. i.) - To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler.
  • Primed (imp. & p. p.) - of Prime
  • Primely (adv.) - At first; primarily.
  • Primely (adv.) - In a prime manner; excellently.
  • Primeness (n.) - The quality or state of being first.
  • Primeness (n.) - The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
  • Primenesses - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Primes - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Priming (n.) - The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
  • Priming (n.) - The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
  • Priming (n.) - The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
  • Priming (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Prime
  • Primings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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