Betekenis van:
pry

to pry
Werkwoord
  • met een hefboom op- of uitlichten
  • to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
"Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

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to pry
Werkwoord
  • rondneuzen; rondsnuffelen in; rondkijken; een beetje huilen
  • search or inquire in a meddlesome way

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to pry
Werkwoord
    • be nosey
    "Don't pry into my personal matters!"

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    to pry
    Werkwoord
    • snuffen
    • search or inquire in a meddlesome way

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    to pry
    Werkwoord
    • grasduinen
    • search or inquire in a meddlesome way

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    to pry
    Werkwoord
      • make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

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      pry
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • langwerpig stuk gereedschap
      • a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

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      pry
      Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • werktuig om sloten en deuren enz. open te breken of metselwerk af te breken
      • a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. I didn't want to pry.
      2. I didn't mean to pry.
      3. Don't pry into the affairs of others.
      4. Don't pry into my private life.
      5. Tom tried to pry open the box with a crowbar.
      6. They tried to use an iron bar to pry open the lock.
      7. Tom used a crowbar to pry open the lid of the crate.
      8. Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.
      9. PRY
      10. Field 1.006: Priority (PRY)