pride vs prime

pride

noun
  • The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis. 

  • Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal. 

  • That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc. 

  • A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; rejection of shame 

  • Show; ostentation; glory. 

  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation. 

  • The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others. 

  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness. 

  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory. 

  • A company of lions or other large felines. 

verb
  • To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it. 

prime

noun
  • A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade. 

  • An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system. 

  • Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing. 

  • A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker. 

  • The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations. 

  • The religious service appointed to this hour. 

  • The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period. 

  • A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number. 

  • The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height. 

  • The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. 

  • The chief or best individual or part. 

  • The first note or tone of a musical scale. 

  • An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. 

adj
  • First in time, order, or sequence. 

  • Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals. 

  • First in excellence, quality, or value. 

  • Early; blooming; being in the first stage. 

  • Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands. 

  • Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). 

  • First in importance, degree, or rank. 

  • Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol. 

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

  • To mark with a prime mark. 

  • To apply a coat of primer paint to. 

  • To prepare a mechanism for its main work. 

  • To serve as priming for the charge of a gun. 

  • 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. 

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

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