Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setmake 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” (v)cook, fix, ready, make, prepareprepare for eating by applying heat“Cook me dinner, please”,
“can you make me an omelette?”,
“fix breakfast for the guests, please” (v)prepareto prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery“prepare a report”,
“prepare a speech” (v)prepare, groom, traineducate for a future role or function“He is grooming his son to become his successor”,
“The prince was prepared to become King one day”,
“They trained him to be a warrior” (v)train, develop, prepare, educatecreate by training and teaching“The old master is training world-class violinists”,
“we develop the leaders for the future” (v)preparelead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord“prepare the discord in bar 139” (v)train, prepareundergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession“She is training to be a teacher”,
“He trained as a legal aid”