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Definition of 'prise'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
"The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

2. (verb) pry, prise
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
"They pried the information out of him"

3. (verb) respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
regard highly; think much of
"I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"

Definition of 'prise'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) prise
an enterprise

2. prise
see Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t

Translation of 'prise'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to use force to dislodge (something) from its position usually through leverage He prised open the lid with a knife.
Afrikaans: oopbreek	Arabic: يَفْتَح بالقُوَّه	Bulgarian: къртя
Brazilian: abrirà força	Czech: (vy)páčit	German: aufbrechen
Danish: bryde; brække	Greek: ανοίγω με λοστό, μοχλό κτ	Spanish: abrir/levantar con palanc
Estonian: (lahti) kangutama	Farsi: باز کردن؛ درآوردن	Finnish: vääntää
French: forcer, ouvrir de force	Hebrew: לְהִרים בְּכּוֹחַ	Hindi: बल से अलग करना
Hungarian: feltör	Indonesian: mencongkel	Icelandic: losa,þvinga, brjóta upp
Italian: fare leva su, forzare	Japanese: こじあける	Korean: 지레로 열다
Lithuanian: atidaryti, išlaužti	Latvian: uzlauzt; atlauzt	Malay: mengumpil
Dutch: lichten	Norwegian: bryte/lirke opp	Polish: podważyć
Persian: باز کردن؛ درآوردن	Pashto: خلاصول،خلاص كول	Portuguese: abrirà força
Romanian: a forţa; a utiliza forţa	Russian: передвигать с помощью рыч	Slovak: vypáčiť
Slovenian: na silo odpreti	Serbian: nasilno otvoriti	Swedish: bända, baxa, bryta
Thai: งัดให้เปิดออก	Turkish: zorlayarak açmak	Taiwanese: 撬
Ukrainian: піднімати за допомогою ва	Urdu: ہٹانا	Vietnamese: bẩy lên
Chinese: 撬
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