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1. (v.i.) pry
to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something:
to pry into the personal affairs of others.
2. pry
to look closely or curiously; peer.
3. (v.t.) pry
to move, raise, or open by leverage.
4. pry
to obtain, extract, or separate with difficulty:
to pry a secret out of someone.
5. (n.) pry
a tool, as a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage.
6. pry
the leverage exerted.
Etymology: (1800–10; back formation from prize3, taken as a pl. n. or 3rd pers. sing. verb)
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| Definition of 'pry' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
2. (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"
3. (verb) pry
be nosey
"Don't pry into my personal matters!"
4. (verb) intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
5. (verb) pry, prise
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
"They pried the information out of him"
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1. (verb) pry
to force open or apart
She pried open the locked box with a screwdriver.
2. pry
to try to learn private information
I don't want the government prying in my emails.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pry
a lever; also, leverage
2. (noun) pry
curious inspection; impertinent peeping
3. (verb) pry
to raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize
4. (verb) pry
to peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach
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Sense: to try to find out about something that is secret, especially other people's affairs
He is always prying into my business.
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 Afrikaans: neus in sake steek |
 Arabic: يَدُسُّ أنْفَه في شؤون ال |
 Bulgarian: надничам |
 Brazilian: espiar |
 Czech: strkat nos |
 German: herumschnüffeln |
 Danish: snuse |
 Greek: χώνω τη μύτη μου σε ξένες |
 Spanish: fisgonear, curiosear |
 Estonian: nina toppima |
 Farsi: فضولی کردن |
 Finnish: urkkia |
 French: fouiner |
 Hebrew: לְחַטֵט |
 Hindi: ताक झाक करना |
 Hungarian: kíváncsiskodik |
 Indonesian: menyelidiki, mencampur-ca |
 Icelandic: hnÿsast í, snuðra |
 Italian: curiosare, spiare |
 Japanese: のぞく |
 Korean: 엿보다, 꼬치꼬치 캐다 |
 Lithuanian: kišti nosį |
 Latvian: okšķerēt |
 Malay: masuk campur |
 Dutch: zijn neus steken in |
 Norwegian: snuse (rundt) i, spionere |
 Polish: szperać |
 Persian: فضولی کردن |
 Pashto: سترګى پګښى نيول |
 Portuguese: espiar |
 Romanian: a se ameteca (în); a-şi b |
 Russian: выведывать |
 Slovak: strkať nos |
 Slovenian: oprezovati |
 Serbian: petljati se |
 Swedish: snoka |
 Thai: สอดรู้สอดเห็น |
 Turkish: başkasının işine burnunu |
 Taiwanese: 窺探，打聽，探查 |
 Ukrainian: цікавитися; совати носа |
 Urdu: جھانکنا، راز معلوم کرنا |
 Vietnamese: xoi mói |
 Chinese: 窥探，打听，探查 |
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