prise
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open (Freq. 1)
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
• Syn:
pry, prize, lever, jimmy
• Derivationally related forms:
jimmy (for: jimmy), lever (for: lever), leverage (for: lever), pry (for: pry)
• Hypernyms:
open, open up
• Entailment:
loosen, loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
- They pried the information out of him
• Syn:
pry
• Derivationally related forms:
prying (for: pry)
• Hypernyms:
extort, wring from
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. regard highly;
think much of
- I respect his judgement
- We prize his creativity
• Syn:
respect, esteem, value, prize
• Ant:
disesteem (for: esteem), disrespect (for: respect)
• Derivationally related forms:
valuable (for: value), value (for: value), esteem (for: esteem), respect (for: respect), respecter (for: respect)
• Hypernyms:
see, consider, reckon, view, regard
• Hyponyms:
think the world of, reverence, fear, revere, venerate,
admire, look up to
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The chefs prise the vegetables
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