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prise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pry |
| Type of | extort, wring from |
Examples of prise
prise
An international team of 18 will work at the hospital to prise the brains apart.
From the newscientist.com
This is odd, for Britain has most of the conditions needed to prise open wallets.
From the economist.com
How many of us have cursed the wrapping we have to prise off to get at the goods.
From the guardian.co.uk
I only had to prise myself away to the neighbouring building for my next stop.
From the independent.co.uk
But backing the FSA is probably the quickest way to prise Mr Assad from power.
From the economist.com
Delie was able to prise the ball away from the keeper to shoot into the empty net.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then tongs were used to prise his mouth open after he refused to swallow excrement.
From the newsweek.com
It took me more than a month of daily calls to prise my pitiful wages out of Blitz.
From the independent.co.uk
But the government hopes to prise some from its hands by the end of the year.
From the economist.com
- Pry: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
- Pry: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
- Respect: regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
- An enterprise; Variant of prize; To force (open) with a lever; to pry
- V. (Pronounced "prize") Variation of "pry," to pull two things apart, as when Mr. Weasley had to pull his two sons away from his wife's arms. Prised, prising.
- A "taking" or contacting of the opponent's blade in an offensive or counter-offensive action; taking the blade. (Pronounced "pree-z [deh fair]")
- (take) or petite (small): if this is the winning bid the taker adds the "dog" to his hand, then confidentially sets aside a same number of cards of his choice, to bring his hand back to normal size before play begins. ...
- Primary Care Sharing the Evidence [UK]
- This is a british word for "pry". If you read a lot of technical discussions on the web, you're bound to come across a message from some englishman like; "to get the back cover off, carefully prise open the tabs on the side...".
