Verb: prise prIz
Usage: Brit, Cdn
Usage: Brit, Cdn
- To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
"Raccoons managed to prise the lid off the garbage pail";
- pry, prize [N. Amer], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy [Brit]
- Extract or obtain (information) with persistent effort or questioning
"They prised the information out of him";
- pry
Sounds like: principles, princ, prise, prize
Derived forms: prised, prising, prises
Type of: extort, open, open up, wring from
Encyclopedia: Prise, John