vverb.contactto move or force, especially in an effort to get something openSynset:jimmy lever prize pry
Examples:- The burglar jimmied the lock
- Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
Derivationally Related Form:pryleverleveragejimmy
Hypernyms:open open up
Inherited Hypernyms:pryopen
Entailment:loose loosen
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.creationmake an uninvited or presumptuous inquirySynset:pry
Examples:- They pried the information out of him
Derivationally Related Form:prying
Hypernyms:extort wring from
Inherited Hypernyms:pryextortobtainget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionregard highly; think much ofSynset:esteem prize respect value
Examples:- I respect his judgement
- We prize his creativity
Antonyms:disesteemdisrespect
Derivationally Related Form:valuablerespecteresteemvaluerespect
Hypernyms:consider reckon regard see view
Inherited Hypernyms:respectseethinkevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:admirefearlook up toreverereverencethink the world ofvenerate
Full Troponyms:admireenshrineenvyreverencethink the world ofworship
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: prise, prize) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: value, respect, esteem)