ready in WordNet English dictionary

1. prepare for eating by applying heat
   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
   cook  fix  ready  make  prepare 
   
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"
   fix  prepare  set up  ready  gear up  set 
   

1. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
   "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
   quick  ready 
   
2. 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 to learn to read"
   ready 
   
3. made suitable and available for immediate use
   "dinner is ready"
   ready 
   
4. mentally disposed
   "he was ready to believe her"
   ready 
   
5. (of especially money) immediately available
   "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
   ready 
   

1. poised for action
   "their guns were at the ready"
   ready