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11pry — [v1] interfere in someone else’s business be a busybody*, be all ears*, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, listen in, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose into*,… …
12pry|er — «PRY uhr», noun. = prier. (Cf. ↑prier) …
13pry — index delve, force (break), hunt, research, spy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14pry — see prise …
15pry — [1] ► VERB (pries, pried) ▪ enquire too intrusively into a person s private affairs. DERIVATIVES prying adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
16pry — v. 1) (D; intr.) to pry into (to pry into smb. s affairs) 2) (D; tr.) to pry out of (to pry information out of smb.) 3) (N; used with an adjective) they pried the door open USAGE NOTE: For senses two and three, BE uses prise or prize. * * *… …
17pry — UK [praɪ] / US verb Word forms pry : present tense I/you/we/they pry he/she/it pries present participle prying past tense pried past participle pried 1) [intransitive] to be interested in someone s personal life in a way that is annoying or… …
18pry — 1 pry interj. anties balsui nusakyti: Ėgi antys „pry! pry! pry!“ priskridę į liūną A.Baran. Man tenai betupint antys suriko: „Pry, pry, pry“ BsPII329 …
19pry — I [[t]praɪ[/t]] v. i. pried, pry•ing 1) to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others[/ex] 2) to look closely or curiously; peer • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME pryen, prien, of uncert. orig. II… …
20pry — [[t]pra͟ɪ[/t]] pries, prying, pried 1) VERB If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else s private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. [V into n] We do not want people prying into our affairs... Imelda might think she was …
