Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pry
Pry
pry
1. v.intr. (pries, pried) 1 (usu. foll. by into) inquire impertinently (into a person's private affairs etc.). 2 (usu. foll. by into, about, etc.) look or peer inquisitively. Derivatives prying adj. pryingly adv. Etymology: ME prie, of unkn. orig. 2. v.tr. (pries, pried) US (often foll. by out of, open, etc.) = PRISE. Etymology: PRISE taken as pries 3rd sing. pres.
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I. intransitive verb (pried; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English prien Date: 14th century to look closely or inquisitively, II. transitive verb (pried; ~ing) Etymology: probably back-formation from 5prize Date: circa 1806 to raise, move, or pull apart with a lever ; prize, to extract, detach, or open with difficulty , III. noun Date: 1823 a tool for ~ing, leverage ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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