pry
An act of prying; a close and curious lookAn act of prying; a close and curious look.
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» Please don't pry into my personal affairs.
Stecke deine Nase bitte nicht in meine Privatangelegenheiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Stecken Sie Ihre Nase bitte nicht in meine Privatangelegenheiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Steckt eure Nase bitte nicht in meine Privatangelegenheiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Пожалуйста, не суй нос в мои личные дела. — awiz
Будь ласка, не пхай свого носа у мої власні справи. — shanghainese
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesAn act of prying; a close and curious look.
A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
(East Anglia, US)A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
Hebel
рыча́гryčág
- a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Examples
55 sentencesPlease don't pry into my personal affairs.
Будь ласка, не пхай свого носа у мої власні справи. — shanghainese
ruПожалуйста, не суй нос в мои личные дела. — awiz
deStecke deine Nase bitte nicht in meine Privatangelegenheiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't pry into my private life.
Don't pry into the affairs of others.
ruНе суй свой нос не в свое дело. — Balamax
deMisch dich nicht in die Angelegenheiten anderer Leute. — xtofu80
Tom tried to pry the door open.
We'll have to pry the door open.
ruНам придётся взломать дверь. — odexed
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
The verb is inherited from Middle English prien, pryen (“to look closely, peer into, pry,The verb is inherited from Middle English prien, pryen (“to look closely, peer into, pry, spy”) [and other forms], from Old English *prīwan, *prēowian (“to look narrowly, to squint at”), attested by Old English beprīwan, beprēwan (“to wink”); further etymology unknown, but probably akin to Old English *prēowot (“closing of the eyes”), attested only in combination – compare prēowthwīl (“blink or twinkling of an eye, moment”), princ (“a wink”): see prink.
The noun is probably a back-formation from prise, prize (“tool for levering, lever”), construed as the plural of pry.
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Forms
plural: priesSynonyms
8 synonymsCollocations
5 patterns- pry open the
- pry open
- to pry open
- tried to pry
- pry the door
See also
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