Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pry
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Pry
pry
~ v present participle pryingpast tense pried 1 to try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way (I don't wish to pry, but is it true that you're having problems at home?) 2 T always + adv/prep especially AmE to force something open, or force it away from something else; prize3 (2) (pry sth open/away etc) (We finally managed to pry open the door with a screwdriver.) 3 away from prying eyes in private, where people cannot see (I'd like to show you something, away from prying eyes.)
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(pries, prying, pried) 1. If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else’s private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. We do not want people prying into our affairs... Imelda might think she was prying... She thought she was safe from prying eyes and could do as she wished. VERB: V into n, V, V-ing 2. If you pry something open or pry it away from a surface, you force it open or away from a surface. They pried open a sticky can of blue paint... I pried the top off a can of chilli... Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop. = prize VERB: V n with adj, V n prep, V n with adv 3. If you pry something such as information out of someone, you persuade them to tell you although they may be very unwilling to. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use prize) ...their attempts to pry the names from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. VERB: V n from/out of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. intransitive verb (pried; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English prien Date: 14th century to look closely or inquisitively; also to make a nosy or presumptuous inquiry II. transitive verb (pried; ~ing) Etymology: probably back-formation from 5prize Date: circa 1806 1. to raise, move, or pull apart with a lever ; prize 2. to extract, detach, or open with difficulty pried the secret out of my sister III. noun Date: 1823 1. a tool for ~ing 2. leverage ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v.intr. (pries, pried) 1 (usu. foll. by into) inquire impertinently (into a person's private affairs etc.). 2 (usu. foll. by into, about, etc.) look or peer inquisitively. Derivatives prying adj. pryingly adv. Etymology: ME prie, of unkn. orig. 2. v.tr. (pries, pried) US (often foll. by out of, open, etc.) = PRISE. Etymology: PRISE taken as pries 3rd sing. pres. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) (priority) приоритет; очередность 2) (proprietary) составляющий чью-л. собственность; патентованный ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. любопытство 2. любопытный взгляд, вопрос 3. любопытный человек 4. подглядывать, подсматривать, любопытствовать to pry into every corner —- шарить по всем углам, заглядывать во все углы 5. вмешиваться, совать нос в чужие дела 6. выведывать, выпытывать to pry into smb.'s secrets —- выпытывать чьи-либо секреты 7. диал. ам. рычаг 8. диал. ам. подъем, перемещение, вскрытие или взламывание с помощью рычага, лома 9. поднимать, передвигать, вскрывать или взламывать при помощи рычага; двигать, открывать с трудом to pry the lid off a can —- сорвать крышку с банки 10. извлекать с трудом, вырывать to pry military information out of a prisoner —- выпытывать у пленного военную тайну ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun 1) любопытный (шутл. тж. Paul Pry) 2) любопытство 2. v. 1) подглядывать, подсматривать; любопытствовать 2) вмешивать, совать нос в чужие дела; I dont want our neighbours prying into our affairs. 3) выведывать, выпытывать - pry about - pry out II 1. noun рычаг 2. v. 1) поднимать, передвигать, вскрывать или взламывать при помощи рычага 2) извлекать с трудом PRY about высматривать; с любопытством разглядывать; That policeman had no business prying about in our garage. Why was he prying about among our things? PRY out допытываться, выведывать ...Англо-русский словарь
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U.S. gov. abbr. Primary airport code Pretoria, South Africa railroad abbr. Pioneer Industrial Railway Company non-prof. org. abbr. Project Reach Youth NYSE symbols Pittway Corporation of Delaware ...English abbreviation dictionary
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