pry

pry ¹  (pr)

intr.v. pried (prd), pry·ing, pries (prz)

To look or inquire closely, curiously, or impertinently: was always prying into the affairs of others.

n. pl. pries (prz)

1. The act of prying.

2. An excessively or impertinently inquisitive person.

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[Middle English prien.]

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pry ²  (pr)

tr.v. pried (prd), pry·ing, pries (prz)

1. To raise, move, or force open with a lever.

2. To obtain with effort or difficulty: pried a confession out of the suspect.

n. pl. pries (prz)

Something, such as a crowbar, that is used to apply leverage.

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[Alteration of prize.]

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pry¹

vb pries, prying, pried

(intr; often foll by into) to make an impertinent or uninvited inquiry (about a private matter, topic, etc.)

n pl pries

1. the act of prying

2. a person who pries

[of unknown origin]

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pry²

vb pries, prying, pried

the US and Canadian word for prise

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pry - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge crowbar, pry bar, wrecking bar jim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails jemmy, jimmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy" lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Verb	1.	pry - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" jimmy, lever, prise, prize open, open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"
	2.	pry - be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" ask, enquire, inquire - inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
	3.	pry - search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" horn in, nose, poke, intrude search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
	4.	pry - make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" prise wring from, extort - get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

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pry

verb be inquisitive, peer, interfere, poke, peep, meddle, intrude, snoop (informal), nose into, be nosy (informal), be a busybody, ferret about, poke your nose in or into (informal) We do not want people prying into our affairs.

Translations

pry¹ [praɪ] VI (= snoop) → fisgonear, curiosear; (= spy) → atisbar
to pry into sb's affairs → (entro)meterse en los asuntos de algn
to pry into sb's secrets → curiosear en los secretos de algn

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pry [ˈpraɪ] vi → s'immiscer
I don't mean to pry, but → Je ne voudrais pas m'immiscer, mais ...
to pry into sth → s'immiscer dans qch
He's always prying into other people's affairs → Il s'immisce toujours dans les affaires des autres.
safe from prying eyes → à l'abri des regards indiscrets

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pry¹

vi → neugierig sein; (in drawers etc) → (herum)schnüffeln (→ in in +dat); I don’t mean to pry, but … → es geht mich ja nichts an, aber …; to pry into somebody’s affairs → seine Nase in jds Angelegenheiten (acc) → stecken; to pry into somebody’s secrets → jds Geheimnisse ausspionieren wollen; to pry around → herumschnüffeln

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pry¹ [praɪ] vi → essere troppo curioso/a
to pry into sb's affairs → cacciare il naso negli affari di qn

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pry¹ [praɪ] vi → essere troppo curioso/a
to pry into sb's affairs → cacciare il naso negli affari di qn

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pry

v pry [prai]

to try to find out about something that is secret, especially other people's affairs He is always prying into my business. neus in sake steek يَدُسُّ أنْفَه في شؤون الآخرين надничам strkat nos snuse herumschnüffeln χώνω τη μύτη μου σε ξένες υποθέσεις fisgonear, curiosear nina toppima فضولی کردن urkkia fouiner לְחַטֵט ताक झाक करना kíváncsiskodik menyelidiki, mencampur-campuri hnÿsast í, snuðra curiosare, spiare のぞく 엿보다, 꼬치꼬치 캐다 kišti nosį okšķerēt masuk campur zijn neus steken in snuse (rundt) i, spionere szperać espiar a se ameteca (în); a-şi băga nasul (în) выведывать strkať nos oprezovati petljati se snoka สอดรู้สอดเห็น başkasının işine burnunu sokmak 窺探，打聽，探查 цікавитися; совати носа جھانکنا، راز معلوم کرنا xoi mói 窥探，打听，探查

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pry → يُحَدِق بإمعان slídit snage neugierig sein ψαχουλεύω curiosear udella s’immiscer gurati nos u tuđe poslove spiare 詮索する 캐다 gluren snoke wtrącić się intrometer-se выведывать snoka สอดรู้สอดเห็น gözetlemek thóc mách 窥探