pried
past simple and past participle ofpry
pry
verb
uk/praɪ/us/praɪ/pryverb(ASK QUESTIONS)
[I]disapproving
totrytofindoutprivatefactsabout aperson:
As areporter, I waspaidto pryintoother people'slives.
Ihopeyou don'tthinkI'm prying, but hasyourboyfriendeverlivedwith anyone before?
Shewantedaprivateholidayaway frompryingeyes(= where no one would betryingtoseeher).
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- putsomeonetosomethingidiom
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorical question
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom
- trick question
pryverb(OPEN)
[T]mainlyUS
tomoveorliftsomething bypressingatoolagainst afixedpoint:
[+ adj]Thecartrunkhad been priedopenand all herequipmentwas gone.
Raising and lowering
- depress
- elevate
- elevated
- erect
- hike
- hikesomethingup
- hoick
- hoist
- jack
- jacksomethingup
- prise
- prize
- pry
- putsomethingup
- raise
- re-erect
- ride
- ride up
- run
- yo-yo
Examplesofpried
pried
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Other than a limbic factor, covariation among brain divisions related to brain size has apparently rarely beenpriedapart in any substantial way.
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We have doubtless not yetpriedopen all the whited sepulchres in which the bones of dead ventures still lie hidden.
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They should not have their private affairspriedinto by all sorts of government officials on their own recognizance.
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The private affairs of men and women arepriedinto in a way which is intolerable to a person with average pride.
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The event ended when several participantspriedopen the exit door with their fingernails and broke it down.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The condemned man's eyes werepriedout using special pliers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And wepriedinto the secrets of heaven, but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, when the car ispriedopen, his body is missing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The finder is removed from the camera, and the screen is thenpriedup using a fingernail along the silver rear edge of the screen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Advances in virtual reality technology havepriedopen the door to this enigmatic field.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The shingles of one of the latter werepriedoff and burned in a campfire.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sample is gently cut with the grain andpriedloose.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Later models had a plastic lever on a metal molded around a metal axle whichpriedapart the now-internal spring clip.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, when the car ispriedopen, his body is inexplicably missing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of the menpriedopen the door to the park's shop, a small building hidden from the road.
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