📚 verb • entry_id 12747
prime
/pɹaɪ̯m/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emprimar • imprimar
To apply a coat of primer paint to.
I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
cebar
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
aparejar • aprestar • cebar • emprimar • imprimar
To prepare; to make ready.
The boys are primed for mischief.
“He’s priming himself,” Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall.