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Primed
- verb - (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; "in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time"
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
Prised
- verb - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Prized
- verb - hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
- regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
Probed
- verb - examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
Proved
- adjective - established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"
Pruned
- verb - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
Psocid
- noun - small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
Puffed
- verb - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
- make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
- suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
- to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
Pulled
- verb - apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
- cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
- hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing