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pry
1[ prahy ]
verb (used without object)
- to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something:
to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- to look closely or curiously; peer; peep.
noun
- an impertinently inquisitive person.
- an act of prying.
pry
2[ prahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to move, raise, or open by leverage.
- to get, separate, or ferret out with difficulty:
to pry a secret out of someone;
We finally pried them away from the TV.
noun
- a tool, as a crowbar, for raising, moving, or opening something by leverage.
- the leverage exerted.
pry
1/ ±è°ù²¹Éª /
verb
- introften foll byinto to make an impertinent or uninvited inquiry (about a private matter, topic, etc)
noun
- the act of prying
- a person who pries
pry
2/ ±è°ù²¹Éª /
verb
- to force open by levering
- to extract or obtain with difficulty
they had to pry the news out of him
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pry1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pry1
Origin of pry2
Example Sentences
Widely shared footage shows two men moving rubble to pry out a young woman trapped between two concrete slabs.
At a secret location away from prying eyes, Ukrainian engineers test a long-range drone called Raybird.
He gently pried loose a tile the size of a paperback book and wiped his hand across the dusty surface.
No one could blame Jordan Chiles at this point for worrying that the International Olympic Committee will barge into her place and pry that infamous bronze medal from her fingers.
And when viewers met Trachtenberg’s steely, prying gaze, millions of children and their parents learned an invaluable lesson: Just because kids are young doesn’t mean that they don’t see and feel everything that adults do.
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