A Quick and Simple Dictionary

prize

1. Noun.  That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
2. Noun.  (context, military) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
3. Noun.  An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
4. Noun.  That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
5. Noun.  Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
6. Noun.  A contest for a reward; competition.
7. Noun.  A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
8. Verb.  To consider something highly valuable.
9. Verb.  To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
10. Verb.  (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.