prize
prize1 / prīz/ • n. a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or race or in recognition of another outstanding achievement: the nation's most prestigious prize for contemporary art. ∎ a thing, esp. an amount of money or a valuable object, that can be won in a lottery or other game of chance: the grand prize in the drawing | [as adj.] prize money. ∎ something of great value that is worth struggling to achieve: the prize will be victory in the general election. ∎ chiefly hist. an enemy ship captured during the course of naval warfare.• adj. (esp. of something entered in a competition) having been or likely to be awarded a prize: prize onions a prize bull. ∎ denoting something for which a prize is awarded: a prize crossword. ∎ excellent of its kind; outstanding: a prize example of how well organic farming can function. ∎ complete; utter: you must think I'm a prize idiot.• v. [tr.] (often be prized) value extremely highly: the berries were prized for their healing properties| [as adj.] (prized) the bicycle was her most prized possession. prize2 (also prise) • v. another term for pry2 : prizing open the door he prized his left leg free.