what does prise mean?
PRISE as VERB
- Meaning
- regard highly
- think much of
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- I respect his judgement
- We prize his creativity
Hypernyms(s) prise is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
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- The burglar jimmied the lock, Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
Hypernyms(s) prise is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
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- They pried the information out of him
Hypernyms(s) prise is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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