0 past simple and past participle of pry
2 to move or lift something by pressing a tool against a fixed point:
Other than a limbic factor, covariation among brain divisions related to brain size has apparently rarely been pried apart in any substantial way.
We have doubtless not yet pried open all the whited sepulchres in which the bones of dead ventures still lie hidden.
They should not have their private affairs pried into by all sorts of government officials on their own recognizance.
The private affairs of men and women are pried into in a way which is intolerable to a person with average pride.
The event ended when several participants pried open the exit door with their fingernails and broke it down.
The condemned man's eyes were pried out using special pliers.
And we pried into the secrets of heaven, but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
However, when the car is pried open, his body is missing.
