EGAVE

pry

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public. To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
    I don't mean to pry, but could you tell me where you got that scarf?
  2. verb To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
  3. verb To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
    I don't mean to pry, but could you tell me where you got that scarf?
  4. verb To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
  5. noun An act of prying; a close and curious look.
  6. noun A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
  7. noun A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
  8. verb To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

Similar words

prise prize poke pry bar wrecking bar crowbar lever nose jimmy meddle

Often followed by

into the open it bar out them off loose

Word family

pried pries prying

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