Prim

Word PRIM
Character 4
Hyphenation prim
Pronunciations /pɹɪm/

Definitions and meanings of "Prim"

What do we mean by prim?

A privet. noun

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous. adjective

Strait-laced; prudish. adjective

Neat and trim. adjective

To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression. intransitive verb

To make prim, as in dress or appearance. intransitive verb

To assume a prim expression. intransitive verb

Neat; formal; stiffly precise; affectedly nice; demure.

A neat, pretty girl. noun

To deck with great nicety; form or dispose with affected preciseness; prink; make prim.

To make one's self print or precise.

The fry of the smelt. noun

An abbreviation of primary. noun

The privet. See Ligustrum. noun

The privet. noun

Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice adjective

To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink. transitive verb

To dress or act smartly. intransitive verb

To make affectedly precise or proper. verb

To make affectedly precise or proper.

To dress or act smartly.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Prim

The word "prim" in example sentences

We have 15,000 prims to make the world come alive (a prim is the fundamental building unit in Second Life). ❋ Greygirlbeast (2008)

Each "big" set is completed by and linked to an invisible prim, which is positioned at the center of the big virtual sphere, and this invisible prim responds to start and stop commands. ❋ Bettina Tizzy (2009)

A prim is a basic building block that is used to create build anything and everything in the virtual world of Second Life®. ❋ Bettina Tizzy (2008)

She was what is called prim in her manner, and as delicate as an American. ❋ Various (N/A)

She had many times been called prim and old-fashioned, especially at school, by Joan and others when men were talked about, and the glittering life that lay beyond the walls. ❋ Cosmo Hamilton (1910)

"Well, I don't think we're exactly what you'd call prim and proper," chuckled Meg. ❋ Angela Brazil (1907)

It is only what the law terms primâ facie evidence; that is, good until contradicted or explained. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

I found that the day was Sunday, and roughly allowing for the difference of time in this longitude, I concluded that at the moment of my hearing that strange peal the church-going bells of Marlen must have been actually calling the prim congregation of the parish to morning prayer. ❋ Alexander William Kinglake (1850)

At this time I kept a poor shabby pretence of a journal, which just enabled me to know the day of the month and the week according to the European calendar, and when in my tent at night I got out my pocket-book I found that the day was Sunday, and roughly allowing for the difference of time in this longitude, I concluded that at the moment of my hearing that strange peal the church-going bells of Marlen must have been actually calling the prim congregation of the parish to morning prayer. ❋ Unknown (2003)

On a semi-technical point, it's entirely possible to script fractal tree like things that are all rezzed by a single root prim which is how I wrote mine, didn't trust myself to not create some grey goo accidentally. ❋ Bettina Tizzy (2008)

We are freed to do more though there are other constraints such as prim numbers and server loads. ❋ Alpha Auer (2008)

Lets be honest, the average 30 something girl is not some kind of prim Victorian miss. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Kathy is the kind of prim woman who knows about the "horror movie stuff" involved in living in the real world. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If we could find a way to measure the lag produced by every kind of prim, cut, and texture we could develop the periodic table of lag! ❋ Unknown (2005)

Now in the case of -- of Joe Johnston, he was a kind of prim, upright ❋ Unknown (2001)

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