prise
/praɪz/
noun
- A tool used for levering or prying things open.
- She used a small prise to lift the floorboard.
- The old lock was so rusty that only a strong prise could break it.
- He kept a metal prise in his toolbox for stubborn nails.
verb
- To use force to move or open something, especially by inserting a tool and applying leverage.
- The firefighters had to prise the door open to rescue the cat.
- He used a crowbar to prise the lid off the crate.
- She carefully prised the jammed window open with a screwdriver.
- To obtain or extract something with difficulty or effort.
- It took hours of negotiation to prise a promise from the committee.
- She managed to prise the last ticket from the seller just before the show.
- The journalist tried to prise the truth out of the reluctant witness.