Pry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pry	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Pry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pry n a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn: crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar] v 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" Synonym(s): pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!" search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office" Synonym(s): intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" Synonym(s): pry, prise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pry \Pry\, n. [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See {Prize}, n.] A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.] {Pry pole}, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing the windlass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pry \Pry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prying}.] To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pry \Pry\, v. i. [OE. prien. Cf. {Peer} to peep.] To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach. [bd] To pry upon the stars.[b8] --Chaucer. Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets of the state. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pry \Pry\, n. Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.