pry (verb)
61prize — 1 /praIz/ noun (C) 1 something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc: First prize was a weekend for two in Paris. (+ for): Festival judges awarded Victims the prize for the best feature film. | win… …
62mis´un|der|stand´er — mis|un|der|stand «MIHS uhn duhr STAND», transitive verb, intransitive verb, stood, stand|ing. 1. to understand wrongly; not comprehend rightly; misconceive: »He misunderstood the question and got the answer wrong. SYNONYM(S): misapprehend. 2 …
63mis|un|der|stand — «MIHS uhn duhr STAND», transitive verb, intransitive verb, stood, stand|ing. 1. to understand wrongly; not comprehend rightly; misconceive: »He misunderstood the question and got the answer wrong. SYNONYM(S): misapprehend. 2 …
64crowbar — noun Date: 1748 an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever • crowbar transitive verb …
65lever — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French levier, lever, from lever to raise, from Latin levare, from levis light in weight more at light Date: 14th century 1. a. a bar used for prying or dislodging something b. an inducing or… …
66pride — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English prȳde, from prūd proud more at proud Date: before 12th century 1. the quality or state of being proud: as a. inordinate self esteem ; conceit b. a reasonable or justifiable self respect c.… …
67snoop — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Dutch snoepen to buy or eat on the sly; akin to Dutch snappen to snap Date: 1832 to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome manner • snooper noun II. noun Date: circa 1890 one that snoops …
68Pederasty in ancient Greece — Pederastic courtship scene Athenian black figure amphora, 5th c. BC, Painter of Cambridge; Object currently in the collection of the Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek, Munich, Germany. The bearded man is depicted in a traditional… …
69frisk — vt: to run the hand rapidly over the outer clothing of (a suspect) for the purpose of finding concealed weapons compare search ◇ The purpose of frisking a suspect is to insure the safety of an officer making an investigation against concealed… …
70prize — 1. noun /pɹaɪz/ a) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power. b) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; esp., property captured at sea in virtue of the rights… …
