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praÉĒ
prai
/pɚˈa‌ÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pry"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to ask personal or unwanted questions
Intransitive: to pry | to pry into a subject
to pry definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Journalists sometimes pry into the personal lives of public figures to uncover scandals.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧋āϞāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to apply force in an attempt to open, separate, or move something
Transitive: to pry sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers pried the old nails out of the wooden planks to salvage them.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϤāĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āωāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to look at something with great curiosity or interest, especially when it involves something private or hidden
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She caught him prying through her drawers, looking for something he had no right to touch.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āωāρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obtain something, especially information, with effort or difficulty
Transitive: to pry sth out of sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective pried the confession out of the suspect, using clever questions and pressure.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāύāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ, āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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