PRISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prise mean? 

• PRISE (verb)
  The verb PRISE has 3 senses:

1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

2. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

3. regard highly; think much of

  Familiarity information: PRISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they prise    ... he / she / it prises   
Past simple: prised   
Past participle: prised   
-ing form: prising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

jimmy; lever; prise; prize; pry

Context example:

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

"Prise" entails doing...:

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

prise; pry

Context example:

They pried the information out of him

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

extort; wring from (get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Regard highly; think much of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value

Context example:

We prize his creativity

Hypernyms (to "prise" is one way to...):

consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "prise"):

think the world of (esteem very highly)

fear; revere; reverence; venerate (regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of)

admire; look up to (feel admiration for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The chefs prise the vegetables

 Context examples 

"I wouldn't be s'prised to see it wag its tail."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Excuse me, ma'am," he said the next moment "I was just s'prised some, that was all."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Yes'm, that's me," he answered modestly. "My name's Miller, Skiff Miller. I just thought I'd s'prise her."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)