prise

1 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" [syn: pry, prize, lever, jimmy]

2 make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the information out of him" [syn: pry]

3 regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" [syn: respect, esteem, value, prize] [ant: disrespect, disrespect]

see Prise

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

1. An enterprise.
2. Variant of prize.

See also

• prize
• price

Verb

1. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

   1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — Sax Rohmer, The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

   c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata

   2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

Translations

• Finnish: vääntää, kangeta

Dutch

Pronunciation

• /prizə/, /pris/

Etymology

From prise.

Noun

1. electrical plug.

French

Pronunciation

• /pʁiz/, /pRiz/

Noun

prise

1. (feminine of pris, past participle of prendre) Capture, catch, hold.
2. (Electrical) plug.

Derived terms

• en prise

Verb

prise

1. First and third person singular indicative present of priser.
2. First and third person singular subjunctive present of priser.
3. Second person singular imperative of priser.