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Meaning of word pry from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

pry noun

Meaning : A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.

Synonyms : crowbar, pry bar, wrecking bar

pry verb

Meaning : To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open.

Example : The burglar jimmied the lock.
Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail.

Synonyms : jimmy, lever, prise, prize

Meaning : Be nosey.

Example : Don't pry into my personal matters!.

Meaning : Search or inquire in a meddlesome way.

Example : This guy is always nosing around the office.

Synonyms : horn in, intrude, nose, poke

Meaning : Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.

Example : They pried the information out of him.

Synonyms : prise

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Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

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Destroy completely.

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A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

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A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

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Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face. An incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.

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Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine.

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Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

step to the fore (verb)
Make oneself visible. Take action.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.