Pry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently: was always prying into the affairs of others.
  • n. The act of prying.
  • n. An excessively or impertinently inquisitive person.
  • v. To raise, move, or force open with a lever.
  • v. To obtain with effort or difficulty: pried a confession out of the suspect.
  • n. Something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
  • v. To look closely and curiously at, peep
  • n. The act of prying
  • n. An excessively inquisitive person
  • n. A lever.
  • n. Leverage.
  • v. To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A lever; also, leverage.
  • v. To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.
  • verb-intransitive. To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.
  • n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To look closely or with scrutinizing curiosity; hence, to search curiously or impertinently into any matter; peer; peep.
  • To observe; note.
  • n. A peeping glance; peering; curious or narrow inspection.
  • n. One who pries; a prier; an inquisitive, intrusive person (with allusion to Paul Pry, a fictitious name which, in its turn, was evidently suggested by this sense of the word).
  • n. A large lever employed to raise or move heavy substances; a prize.
  • To raise or move by means of a pry; prize; bring into a desired position or condition by means of a pry: as, to pry a box open.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
  • n. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
  • v. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
  • v. be nosey
  • v. search or inquire in a meddlesome way
  • Verb Form
    pried    pries    prying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    open    open up    wring from    extort    inquire    enquire    ask    look    search   
    Variant
    pried   
    Form
    pried    prying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lever    prize    gaze    examine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    inquisitive    meddlesome    officious    distrustful    watchful    covetous    inquire    nosy    intrusive    impertinent