priming

Meanings

1. 1
   verb To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
2. 2
   verb To apply a coat of primer paint to.
3. 3
   verb To be renewed.
4. 4
   verb To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
5. 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. 6
   verb To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
7. 7
   verb To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
8. 8
   verb To trim or prune.
9. 9
   verb To mark with a prime mark.
10. 10
    noun The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
11. 11
    noun A substance used as a primer.
12. 12
    noun The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
13. 13
    noun The first coating of colour, size, etc. laid on canvas, or on a building or other surface.
14. 14
    noun The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.