prise

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

prise [prise prises prised prising] (especially BrE) (US prize)BrE [praɪz] NAmE [praɪz] (also pry especially in NAmE) verb
to use force to separate sth from sth else
•~ sth + adv./prep. He prised her fingers from the bag and took it from her.
•~ sth + adj. She used a knife to prise open the lid.
Derived: ↑prise something from somebody ▪ ↑prise something out
See also: ↑prize ▪ ↑pry
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 17th cent.: from dialect prise ‘lever’, from Old French prise ‘grasp, taking hold’. Compare with ↑pry sense 2.

Example Bank:
•He prised off the lid.
•I gently prised her fingers loose.
•She tried to prise open the door.
•He prised her fingers from the bag.
•I prised my wrist free.
•We used a screwdriver to prise open the lid.
•You will need to prise the old light socket out of the wall.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  respect, esteem, value, prize, pry, lever, jimmy
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  disrespect, disesteem