1. poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
2. 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"
3. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
4. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
5. brought into readiness; "dinner is ready"
6. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready
7. mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"

Similar Words: fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set, cook, make, quick

See Also: prepared, willing

Hyponyms: socialize, socialise, provide, cram, precondition, fix, mount, set up, lay out, set, winterize, winterise, summerize, summerise, prime, cultivate, crop, work, brace, poise, preserve, keep, dress, dress out, put on, devil, precook, whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard

Grouped Verbs: make

Attributes: readiness, preparedness, preparation

Derivational Morphology: fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set, readiness, preparation, readying, preparedness, cooking, cookery, cook, cooker

Anagrams: deary