pry

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
• Syn:
crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar
• Hypernyms:
lever
• Hyponyms:
jim crow, jimmy, jemmy

II - verb

1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open (Freq. 3)
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
• Syn:
prise, prize, lever, jimmy
• Derivationally related forms:
jimmy (for: jimmy), lever (for: lever), leverage (for: lever)
• Hypernyms:
open, open up
• Entailment:
loosen, loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. be nosey (Freq. 2)
- Don't pry into my personal matters!
• Derivationally related forms:
prying
• Hypernyms:
ask, inquire, enquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. search or inquire in a meddlesome way (Freq. 1)
- This guy is always nosing around the office
• Syn:
intrude, horn in, nose, poke
• See Also:
nose out (for: nose)
• Derivationally related forms:
nose (for: nose), prying
• Hypernyms:
search, look
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
- They pried the information out of him
• Syn:
prise
• Derivationally related forms:
prying
• Hypernyms:
extort, wring from
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crowbar, wrecking bar, pry bar, prise, intrude, horn in, nose, poke, prize, lever, jimmy