Prime

Definition:

  • (a.) First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
  • (a.) First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister.
  • (a.) First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth.
  • (a.) Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
  • (a.) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
  • (a.) Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
  • (n.) The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
  • (n.) The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection.
  • (n.) That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part.
  • (a.) The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds.
  • (a.) The first of the chief guards.
  • (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.
  • (a.) A prime number. See under Prime, a.
  • (a.) An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
  • (a.) To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
  • (a.) To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
  • (a.) To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
  • (a.) To trim or prune, as trees.
  • (a.) To mark with a prime mark.
  • (v. i.) To be renewed, or as at first.
  • (v. i.) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
  • (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.

Compare prime with other words:

prime vs. rime

prame vs. prime

prime vs. prise

porime vs. prime

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grime vs. prime

pride vs. prime

prime vs. primo

prim vs. prime

prie vs. prime

exclusive vs. prime

price vs. prime

crime vs. prime

age vs. prime

prime vs. principle

prime vs. zenith

prime vs. primeval

best vs. prime

premium vs. prime

lounge vs. prime

incomposite vs. prime

prime vs. primely

prime vs. primeness

content vs. prime

primarily vs. prime

clarify vs. prime

prime vs. primed

passage vs. prime

eccentric vs. prime

mobile vs. prime

guna vs. prime

good vs. prime

prime vs. radical

prime vs. super

phrase vs. prime

prime vs. wild

denote vs. prime

expression vs. prime

prime vs. word

accord vs. prime

glyph vs. prime

character vs. prime

prime vs. symbol

prime vs. real

implied vs. prime

prime vs. symbolize

prime vs. suggest

context vs. prime

prime vs. write

denoting vs. prime

literal vs. prime

metaphorical vs. prime

detail vs. prime

letter vs. prime

prime vs. understand

prime vs. speaking

prime vs. specific

prime vs. read

prime vs. value

clear vs. prime

prime vs. state

primality vs. prime

irreducible vs. prime

moulinet vs. prime

prime vs. ultimate

lese vs. prime

estimate vs. prime

portuguese vs. prime

fundamental vs. prime

composite vs. prime

prime vs. primitive

day vs. prime

prime vs. primy

primates vs. prime

primate vs. prime

primal vs. prime

prime vs. undercoat

ground vs. prime

prime vs. steam

foam vs. prime

ebullition vs. prime

gun vs. prime

charge vs. prime

prime vs. priming

prime vs. renew

paint vs. prime

coat vs. prime

apply vs. prime

prime vs. work

mechanism vs. prime

prepare vs. prime

prime vs. select

prime vs. prize

peak vs. prime

heyday vs. prime

flush vs. prime

blossom vs. prime

efflorescence vs. prime

bloom vs. prime

block vs. prime

consecutive vs. prime

element vs. prime

prime vs. primero

position vs. prime

note vs. prime

prime vs. tone

chief vs. prime

period vs. prime

prime vs. stage

morning vs. prime

prayer vs. prime

prime vs. tertiary

prime vs. secondary

indivisible vs. prime

original vs. prime

earliest vs. prime

first vs. prime

excellent vs. prime

prime vs. quality

prime vs. top

prime vs. principal

primary vs. prime

important vs. prime

greatest vs. prime

ideal vs. prime

multiplication vs. prime