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prise, v.
(prised, prises, prising)
freq. cnt. 1
more info to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

jimmy lever prise prize pry

sample sentences

"The burglar jimmied the lock"
"Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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pry
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entailment
more info regard highly; think much of
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

esteem prise prize respect value

sample sentences

"I respect his judgement"
"We prize his creativity"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
The chefs %s the vegetables

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
The chefs %s the vegetables
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hyponym
more info make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
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prise pry

sample sentences

"They pried the information out of him"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym