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pry

/praɪ/ /praɪ/
verb Regular verbpry pried
  1. 1 (birinin işine) burnunu sokmak, kurcalamak
  2. 2 zorla açmak, kanırtmak

Definition (English)

  1. To try to find out about other people's private affairs.
  2. To open or move something by using force, often with a tool.

Example Sentences

  1. Stop trying to pry into my personal life.
    Özel hayatıma burnunu sokmaya çalışmayı bırak.
  2. I don't want to pry, but are you feeling all right?
    Burnumu sokmak istemem ama iyi misin?
  3. He used a crowbar to pry open the window.
    Pencereyi zorla açmak için levye kullandı.
  4. She pried the lid off the paint tin with a screwdriver.
    Boya kutusunun kapağını tornavidayla kanırttı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base pry
/praɪ/
Past pried
/praɪd/
Participle pried
/praɪd/
Spelling rule

Consonant + y: y → ‑iedpry → pried

Fiil sessiz harf + y ile bittiği için y düşer, yerine -ied gelir. (Sesli harf + y ile bitenlerde y kalır: play → played.)

Same rule: study → studied · try → tried · carry → carried

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sesli bir sesle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. pried /praɪd/

Synonyms

snoopmeddleprise

Collocations

pry into somethingpry openprying eyespry something off

Related Words

privacysecretcuriositygossipconfidentialityinformation (word)