prime

Adjective

• being at the best stage of development
  • our manhood's prime vigor- Robert Browning
    

• of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
  • prime number
    

• of superior grade
  • choice wines
    
  • prime beef
    
  • prize carnations
    
  • quality paper
    
  • select peaches
    

• used of the first or originating agent
  • prime mover
    

• first in rank or degree
  • an architect of premier rank
    
  • the prime minister
    

Noun

• the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

• the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• a number that has no factor but itself and 1

Verb

• fill with priming liquid
  • prime a car engine
    

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
  • prime a cannon
    
  • prime a mine
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  meridian , choice , prime(a) , prize , quality , select , premier(a) , prime of life , flower , peak , heyday , bloom , blossom , efflorescence , flush , prime quantity , ground , undercoat