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prim
 
Adjective prim has 2 senses
  1. dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee - affectedly dainty or refined
    Antonym: unrefined (indirect, via refined)
  2. priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian - exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
    Antonym: improper (indirect, via proper)
Verb prim has 3 senses
  1. prim - assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"
    --1 is one way to     change
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  2. prim - contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"
    --2 is one way to     compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. prim, prim up, prim out - dress primly
    --3 is one way to dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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