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prying |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pry Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb pry Entailment of verb pry 1 of 4 senses of pry Sense 1 pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy => loosen, loose Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb pry 4 senses of pry Sense 1 pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy => open open up Sense 2 pry => ask inquire, enquire Sense 3 pry, nose, poke => search, look Sense 4 pry, prise => extort, wring from Familiarity of verb pry pry used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb pry Sense 1 pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy => open open up -------------- Sense 2 pry => ask inquire, enquire -------------- Sense 3 pry, nose, poke => search, look -------------- Sense 4 pry, prise => extort, wring from -------------- Grep of noun prying prying Overview of noun prying The noun prying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nosiness, prying, snoopiness -- (offensive inquisitiveness) Overview of verb pry The verb pry has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy -- (to move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail") 2. (2) pry -- (be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!") 3. (1) pry, nose, poke -- (search or inquire in a meddlesome way "This guy is always nosing around the office") 4. pry, prise -- (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him") Overview of adj prying The adj prying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy -- (offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day") Antonyms of adj prying 1 sense of prying Sense 1 nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious Similarity of adj prying 1 sense of prying Sense 1 nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy => curious (vs. incurious) Attributes of adj prying Familiarity of adj prying prying used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj prying prying Overview of noun prying The noun prying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nosiness, prying, snoopiness -- (offensive inquisitiveness) Overview of verb pry The verb pry has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (3) pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy -- (to move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail") 2. (2) pry -- (be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!") 3. (1) pry, nose, poke -- (search or inquire in a meddlesome way "This guy is always nosing around the office") 4. pry, prise -- (make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him") Overview of adj prying The adj prying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy -- (offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day")
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