primed

prime  (prm)

adj.

1. First in excellence, quality, or value. See Usage Note at perfect.

2. First in degree or rank; chief. See Synonyms at chief.

3. First or early in time, order, or sequence; original.

4. Of the highest U.S. government grade of meat.

5. Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a prime number.

n.

1. The earliest hours of the day; dawn.

2. The first season of the year; spring.

3. The age of ideal physical perfection and intellectual vigor.

4. The period or phase of ideal or peak condition. See Synonyms at bloom¹.

5. The first position of thrust and parry in fencing.

6. A mark () appended above and to the right of a character, especially:

a. One used to distinguish different values of the same variable in a mathematical expression.

b. One used to represent a unit of measurement, such as feet or minutes in latitude and longitude.

7. also Prime Ecclesiastical

a. The second of the seven canonical hours. No longer in liturgical use.

b. The time appointed for this service, the first hour of the day or 6 a.m.

8. Mathematics A prime number.

9. A prime rate.

10. See primitive.

v. primed, prim·ing, primes

v.tr.

1. To make ready; prepare: guard dogs primed for attack.

2. To prepare (a gun or mine) for firing by inserting a charge of gunpowder or a primer.

3. To prepare for operation, as by pouring water into a pump or gasoline into a carburetor.

4. To prepare (a surface) for painting by covering with size, primer, or an undercoat.

5. To inform or instruct beforehand; coach.

v.intr.

To become prepared for future action or operation.

Idiom:

prime the pump Informal

To encourage the growth or action of something.

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[Middle English, first in occurrence, from Old French, feminine of prin, from Latin prmus; see per¹ in Indo-European roots. N., sense 7, from Middle English, from Old English prm, from Late Latin prma (hra), first (hour), from Latin, feminine of prmus.]

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primely adv.

primeness n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

primed - (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time" set, fit ready - completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read"

Translations

primed

adj

person → präpariert, vorbereitet, instruiert, gerüstet; to be primed for the interview/game → für das Interview/Spiel gut gerüstet sein; primed to do something → gut vorbereitet or gerüstet, etw zu tun

(= drunk) person → angetrunken, alkoholisiert, unter Alkohol; primed with drink → unter Alkohol gesetzt; well primed → gut geölt (inf)

(= prepared) surface → grundiert, präpariert, vorbereitet

bomb, gun → präpariert