pry

pry englannista suomeksi

1. urkkia, nuuskia

2. sorkkarauta

3. tiirata

4. udella

1. kurkistaa, penkoa, tirkistää, töllistellä

2. nuuskia, tiedustella, udella, urkkia

3. urkinta, urkkiminen, utelu, uteleminen

4. urkkija, utelija

5. kanki, vipu

6. kammeta, kangeta, vivuta

6. Verbi

pry englanniksi

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

3. (RQ:Dekker et al Patient Grissell)

4. (RQ:Milton Paradise Lost) to elude, thus wrapt in miſt / Of midnight vapor glide obſcure, and prie / In every Buſh and brake, where hap may finde / The Serpent ſleeping, (..)

5. (RQ:Wordsworth White Doe) / In their cells with him did pry / For other lore,—through strong desire / Searching the earth with chemic fire: (..)

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

7. (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)

8. (RQ:Forster Room with a View)

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

10. (RQ:Melville White Jacket) Bland, the master-at-arms, ravished with their dexterity in prying out offenders, used to call them his two right hands.

11. An act of prying; a close and curious look.

(synonyms)

12. (RQ:Keats Poems)

13. A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a parker.

14. A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.

15. To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.

16. (RQ:Melville White Jacket)

17. ''Usually followed by'' out ''(''of'')'': to out or get (information, etc.) with effort.

18. to pray