Definitions
1.verbTo prepare a mechanism for its main work."You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump."
2.verbTo apply a coat of primer paint to."I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat."
3.verbTo be renewed.
4.verbTo serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
5.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.
6.verbTo apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
7.verbTo prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach."The boys are primed for mischief."
8.verbTo trim or prune."to prime trees"
9.verbTo mark with a prime mark.
10.nounThe implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
11.nounA substance used as a primer.
12.nounThe powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
13.nounThe first coating of colour, size, etc. laid on canvas, or on a building or other surface.
14.nounThe carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.