Crossword clues for primed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prime \Prime\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Primed; p. pr. & vb. n. Priming.] [From Prime, a.]
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.To trim or prune, as trees. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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(Math.) To mark with a prime mark.
To prime a pump, to charge a pump with water, in order to put it in working condition.
Wiktionary
prepared for use or action v
(en-past of: prime)
WordNet
adj. (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" [syn: fit(p), primed(p), set(p)]
Usage examples of "primed".
All nine missiles were primed and ready to launch, the data configuration of their target already programmed into their computers through the B-2s GATS geopositional targeting system.
Two-legged and dangerous, they were a leashed wolf pack, fretful of the delay, and explosively primed for an action they knew must court failure.
Blind instinct screamed warning: his harmless appearance would not disarm the adversary now primed to kill him.
Between imbalanced grimwards, and Khadrim flying free, Luhaine gloomily tallied the seeds of disaster that lay primed and ready to germinate.
Weapons primed and bombs ready to drop, the kindjals descended toward the first cymek target, one of the smaller machines.
For months, Iblis had primed his work crews and awaited the promised signal that would launch a violent, coordinated revolt.