Definitions
1.nounThe first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
2.nounThe religious service appointed to this hour.
3.nounThe early morning generally.
4.nounThe earliest stage of something.
5.nounThe most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
6.nounThe chief or best individual or part.
7.nounThe first note or tone of a musical scale.
8.nounThe first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
9.nounA prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number."3 is a prime."
10.nounA four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
11.nounSix consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing."I'm threatening to build a prime here."
12.nounThe symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
13.nounAny 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.
14.nounAn inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
15.nounThe priming in a flintlock.
16.nounContraction of prime lens, a film lens
17.verbTo prepare a mechanism for its main work."You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump."
18.verbTo apply a coat of primer paint to."I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat."
19.verbTo be renewed.
20.verbTo serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
21.verb(of a steam boiler) 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.
22.verbTo apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
23.verbTo prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach."The boys are primed for mischief."
24.verbTo trim or prune."to prime trees"
25.verbTo mark with a prime mark.
26.nounAn intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.