Pry

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.

   “[W]omen haue eagles eyes, / To prie euen to the heart, and why not you?”

2. fiil To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.

   “I don't mean to pry, but could you tell me where you got that scarf?”

3. fiil To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.

   “The two ship's corporals went among the sailors by the names of Leggs and Pounce; […] Bland, the master-at-arms, ravished with their dexterity in prying out offenders, used to call them his two right hands.”

4. isim An act of prying; a close and curious look.

   “With those beauties, scarce discern'd, / Kept with such sweet privacy, / That they seldom meet the eye / Of the little loves that fly / Round about with eager pry.”

5. isim A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
6. isim A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
7. fiil To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

   “"Oh! he's going home to Down East," said another; "so far eastward, you know, shippy, that they have to pry up the sun with a handspike."”

8. fiil Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
9. özel isim A surname.