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readying

 
Noun readying has 1 sense
  1. preparation, readying - the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
    --1 is a kind of activity
    --1 has particulars:
     fire control; deployment; groundwork; makeready; priming; planning; turnaround, turnround; warm-up, tune-up, prolusion
    Derived form: verb ready2
Verb ready has 2 senses
  1. cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
    --1 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
    Sample sentence:
    The chefs ready the vegetables
  2. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived forms: noun ready1, noun readying1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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