āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to pry
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āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āϝā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž
to ask personal or unwanted questions
Intransitive: to pry | to pry into a subject
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Journalists sometimes pry into the personal lives of public figures to uncover scandals.
āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻŽā§āĻāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻā§āĻŦāύ⧠āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āϤā§āϞāĻž, āĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to apply force in an attempt to open, separate, or move something
Transitive: to pry sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers pried the old nails out of the wooden planks to salvage them.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āϤāĻā§āϤāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to look at something with great curiosity or interest, especially when it involves something private or hidden
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She caught him prying through her drawers, looking for something he had no right to touch.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§ āϧāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻļ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to obtain something, especially information, with effort or difficulty
Transitive: to pry sth out of sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective pried the confession out of the suspect, using clever questions and pressure.
āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻšāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāύāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϞā§āĻšāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ, āϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ
a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
prying
prying
pry
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