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"
Used in a Sentence
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How to use prise in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for prise.
Editorial note
They can prise my sugar... from my cold, dead hands.
Examples9
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
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"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of prise gathered in one view.
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for prise.
verb
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"
verb
make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him"
See also: pry
verb
regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"
Example sentences
They can prise my sugar... from my cold, dead hands.
Did someone call it a priSe?It was only a prise when Obama got the Nobel Peace one.
>rise in prise >incentive to hoard it >downfallI don't see how these are compatible.
Well sur-frikkin-prise, IE9 is not compatible with XP; never has been and is not planned to be. How in the world would it have any effect?
> Is the stock prise directly related to the revenue/losses of the company?Yes.
Yuck, just caught it out with: e2e4 g8f6\n e4e5 f6d5\n d2d4 b8c6\n f2f4 e7e6\n c2c4 d8h4?\n g2g3 f8b4\n c1d2 -- 2 pieces en-prise at this point.\n h4h6\n c4d5 e6d5\n d2b4 c6b4\n a2a3 b4c6\n b1c3 c6e7\n\nJust a piece down with very little compensation.
If someone wants to destroy my $500 phone, prise out a chip, grind it down, and look at it under an electron microscope to extract my passwords, then good luck to them.
They have an interesting intuitive description:He used one set of lenses to prise open a gap in a beam of light, by slowing down long wavelengths, such as red, and speeding up short wavelengths, such as blue.
There is a reason why Singapore is dominated by MNCs and government owned conglomerates while small enterprises have unnaturally high failure rate, despite being so startup friendly, on paper.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use prise in a sentence?
They can prise my sugar... from my cold, dead hands.
What does prise mean?
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"
What part of speech is prise?
prise is commonly used as verb.