Word Finder - primed

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To prepare a mechanism for its main work.

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You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.

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To apply a coat of primer paint to.

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I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.

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To be renewed.

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To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.

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(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.

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To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

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To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.

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The boys are primed for mischief.

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To trim or prune.

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to prime trees

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To mark with a prime mark.

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Prepared for use or action.

He must think she was as easy as a primed pump.

He could get into enough trouble without getting primed for it.

Under that facade of indifference beats a heart primed for breaking.

Our customer care team is always primed to answer your questions by e-mail.

The pump had been not been running fully primed but chose today to kick in.

Belfast in the 1790s was well primed for revolution.

Dean was primed to respond when Lieutenant Anderson stepped out of his office.

Much of the foreground is dominated only by primed canvas.

All other mild steel door components degreased and primed with one coat of rust resisting primer paint.

This medium should be applied over an acrylic gesso primed surface.

There is also an animal model of increased seizure elicitation in female rats primed with estrogens when you stimulate the hippocampus.

The reverse transcription reaction was primed using an oligonucleotide specific for the body sequence.

Buy As You View sponsor The Event and have pump primed The Gwent Experience Wales first interactive safety center and theater for education.

What better excuse to invest in a new pair of strappy sandals now your feet are looking primed to perfection.

Not many people know that the world is kept spinning by a mechanism primed by a golden key.

Beside this there are numerous other swindles and get-rich-quick schemes primed and ready to catch the unwary and unwise.

Father had primed me for a first literary tryst and I had fallen heavily for the lyricism of Okigbo.

A sealer coat is normally required and steel again should be blast cleaned and primed with a zinc phosphate primer in most cases.

We believe that seltzer water is primed for a comeback.

The public was primed for a way to get their environmental concerns addressed and organization began.

Once it's dry, give the primed area another light sanding.

It can be applied to any primed surface, and can be painted over in the event of the house changing hands or the homeowner changing tastes.

If you have a raised design on the paper it will show through the paint, even after the wall is primed and painted.

The material used is usually a plastic or foam-based product that can be primed and painted with water-based paints.

While doing some of the more common induction techniques can result in contractions, real labor will not begin unless a woman's body is primed for birth.

It can be daunting for the average housewife and mother to see a celebrity give birth and then, two months later, appear primed and ready for a bikini shoot.

Frederick's of Hollywood is a good stop for lingerie that's primed for seduction.

Released in 1933, King Kong powerfully effected studio audiences, primed to feel fear by the clever gimmick of having nurses standing by in theaters where it was showing.

In high quality tobaccos the leaves are " primed " or picked singly as they ripen, but in the great bulk of American tobaccos the whole plant is cut close to the ground when the middle leaves are about ripe.

The next step is to remove the harvested crop to the drying-shed; primed leaves are placed at once in shallow baskets or boxes, and when under cover are strung on string or on wire and hung up on laths in the barn.

For the best qualities the leaves are primed, aircured, and then subjected to a lengthy treatment corresponding to mild fermentation.

I remember feeling a kind of calmness come over me as I primed the staff, and Jack's gaze became suddenly eloquent.

If the market is primed for a quick sale and you have the funds available, this could be a distinct reason why you commit to purchasing a commercial property like a self-storage warehouse.

Primed with all the knowledge of the West, he returned home to seek his fortune, and, as the Orthodox monk, became one of the professors at, and subsequently rector of, the academy of Kiev.