pry (v)
prise (v)
prize (v)
lever (v)
jimmy (v)

v01593254

type v
lex_filenum 35
def to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
examples The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Outgoing links
Entailment loosen, loose
Hypernym open, open up
Derivationally related form jimmy → jimmy
Derivationally related form lever → lever; lever → lever; lever → leverage
Derivationally related form pry → pry
Incoming links
Derivationally related form pry → pry
Derivationally related form jimmy → jimmy
Derivationally related form lever → lever; lever → lever; leverage → lever
Hyponym open, open up

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