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pry

/prʌɪ/

US pronunciation
American sound/prʌɪ/
pry
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

US voice -> pry

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကော်သည်။ ကလော်သည်။

Full entry

pry1 /praÇ/ v (pt, pp pried / praÇd/) ~ (into sth)

စပ်စုသည်။ safe from prying eyes ❍ I don't want them prying into my affairs.

pry2 /praÇ/ v (pt, pp pried /praÇd/) (US )

ကော်သည်။ ကလော် သည်။ PRISE: pry the lid off (a can) ❍ pry the can open ❍ pry information out of sb.

More examples
  • I just glanced at the letter; I didn’t mean to pry.
  • [pry into] : The press continues to pry into their affairs.
  • [prying eyes] : They couldn’t conceal the information from prying eyes.
  • [pry something open/off/away etc] : Try prying the lid off with a spoon.
Synonyms
interfere, poke your nose in, meddle, snoop, be inquisitive, be nosy, be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, bug, butt-in, crowbar, disengage, disjoin, divide, elevate, elicit, extort, extract, ferret, ferret out, force, force open, gape, gaze, heave, hoist, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, jimmy, lever, lever open, lift, listen in, move, nose, peavey, peavy, pedal, pedals, peek, peep, peer, pick up, pinch bar, poke, poke nose into, pragmatist, press, prier, prise, prize, pry bar, pryer, prying bar, pull, push, raise, ransack, rear, reconnoiter, rubberneck, search, separate, snooper, spy, stare, take up, tap, tear, tilt, treadle, tune in on, turn, turn out, twist, uplift, upraise, uprear, wiretap, wrench, wrest, wring
Antonyms
abandon, attach, close, combine, connect, decrease, demote, depress, destroy, discourage, dissuade, drop, fall, fix, hide, ignore, join, keep, leave alone, lessen, lower, neglect, repress, stop, straighten, suppress, unite, untwist
Cross references
interferepoke your nose inmeddlesnoopbe inquisitivebe nosybe a busybodybe all earsbe curiousbugbutt-incrowbardisengagedisjoindivideelevateelicitextortextractferretferret outforceforce opengapegazeheavehoisthunt
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